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Spear - Salomonen - Bougainville Island
Spear - Salomonen - Bougainville Island
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nippa palmwood, barbs (presumably from the sharpened wing bones of the flying fox), fixed by plant fibre wrapping, orchid bast dyed in red and yellow, carved with a stylized figure in bas-relief "kagoi", knob of leaf fibres closely pressed together called "uiro", slightly dam., some barbs missing;
"kagoi" is a spirit, and the carving certainly symbolizes the spirit that gives the spear its deadly power. The knob called "uiru" represents the spirits dwelling.
L: 163,5 cm, L: 64,4 inch
Continent: Oceania
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Spear - Salomonen - Bougainville Island

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