Fish or Bird Spear
Unidentified Fijian maker
late 19th century
Wood and plant fiber
Overall: 101 9/16 in. (258 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.1870
Geography
Place Made: Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1922.
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