Spear thrower ornament

Lower Sepik or Coastal Sepik areas
Papua New Guinea

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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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