Fish Spear
Aua Island
Papua New Guinea
1946
Palm wood
Overall: 56 1/2 × 1/2 in. (143.5 × 1.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Samuel B. Tassel, Class of 1947
46.29.10912B
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Samuel B. Tassel, 1946; given to present collection, 1946.
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