Spear Thrower
29-50-440
From: New Guinea | Palimbei
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-440 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Palimbei |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Wood | Peel |
| Iconography | Parrot |
| Description | Bamboo. Carved wooden handle-butt. Parrot type of javelin "guide". Parrot has 2 "eyes" and nostril on each side. |
| Length | 103.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 459 - Other Number |
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