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: T/PAPU/199

: British Empire & Commonwealth

: Spear

: Spear, palmwood shaft with carving on the top and bottom thirds, inlayed with lime (rather than chalk). Vegetable fibre near the blade (now much decayed), cord binding near the butt end. Bismarck Archipelago.

: Commonwealth Institute Collection

: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012