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Javelin

Spear with two wooden tips, which was used both in combat and for ceremonial purposes.Collected by Wilhelm Lebahn, Captain of the Imperial Navy Survey Ship S.M.S. Planet.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Speer
Dimensions
Length: 2330.0 mm
Material/Technique
Resins, Lime, Plant fibre, Seeds, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1027

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    30.07.1907
    who
    Plähn, Rudolf - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    Manus (location/origin)
    who
    Lebahn, Wilhelm - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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