Arrow or Spear
Bougainville Island, Solomon Islandsabout 1840
Cane, wood, plant fiber, and pigment
Overall: 40 15/16 × 3/8 in. (104 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of the Smithsonian Institution
13.24.831
Geography/Culture
Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Classification
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Possibly collected by U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1841; transferred by order of the United States Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.(no. 3881), 1857; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, in an exchange, 1880‘s; catalogued, 1913.
Old Number
U.S. Exploring Expedition # 579; Smithsonian Instutitue # 3881; Red #13.262
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