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spear tip

The spearhead consists of a staff with a smooth, red-painted, pointed end. Above it is a two-faced human figure. A stingray spike is attached to the staff.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
weapons
Dimensions
General: 2.5 x 3 x 55 cm
Material/Technique
Stingray sting; wood; colour pigments; plant fibre; putty; glass bead carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10767
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10767

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Publishing
    Description
    Oceania Collection Voyages - Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/people/Oceania-Collection-Voyages/100083002609221/ (last accessed on: 05.01.2024)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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