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Papuan Region, Papua New Guinea
Arrow
 (early 20th century)

Medium
wood, bamboo, pigment, bone, cane

Measurements
158.3 × 1.6 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Hilda Richards, 1973
© the artists

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Papuan Region, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
ETH10-1973

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Double ancestor figure carved at top below head. The bamboo shaft above with the wooden head attached with a finely plaited cane. The barbs are in groups of two length running alternately to each other on each side, decreasing in size towards the bone tip. Traces of lime or white pigment.

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