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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.

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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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