Place MadeMelanesia
Title
Hunting spear
Mediumwood, fiber
Dimensions[H] __[W] __[D] __[Dia] __[L]8' 5"
Object number00.200.646
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionLong spear with tapered shaft, carved from wood. Multibarbed spearhead, barbs appear to be made from carved directly from the shaft and covered with strips of plant fiber. Below the spearhead is a thickening created from a carved rectangular decoration in the wood. Bands of lighter fiber woven around parts of the shaft and the uppermost tip of the spearhead.On View
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