Spear

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Type
Spears
Place
Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Materials
Animal material - non specific, Cane, Wood
Collection
Papuan Official collection
Accession number
1985.0339.1270

Description

A black palm wood spear with a cassowary claw point bound to the shaft with cane strips.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:51:43 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-24. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.