Spear Thrower

29-50-443

From: New Guinea | Timbunke

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-443
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Timbunke
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Wood | Peel
Iconography Parrot
Description

Bamboo. Wooden handle-butt missing. Parrot type of javelin guide? Corrugated "cap" on top of parrot's head.

Length 91.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 460 - Other Number

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