Spear Thrower Ornament
Lower Sepik or Coastal Sepik areas
Papua New Guinea
probably Late Pre-War Period
Wood
Overall: 10 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (27 × 6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27516
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Anthropology of Religion, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 48, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-May 2, 2004.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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