Spear Thrower

29-50-450

From: New Guinea | Tambunum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-450
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Tambunum
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Of wood. Painted red, white, and black stripes. The javelin guide is carved in one piece with the rest of the implement; so is the 3-knobbed handle-butt. The "guide" is triangular with what appears to be an eye pattern.

Length 98.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 466 - Other Number

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