Spear or Arrow
Unidentified maker (Solomon Islands)
Bone point, wood foreshaft, and reed shaft
Overall: 12 5/8 × 9/16 × 1/4 in. (32 × 1.5 × 0.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6994
Geography
Place Made: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Original collector unknown; Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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