float (water transport: equipment); model; spear (hunting, fishing & trapping)

Model float & line.
Model spear with attached float. The spear has a wooden main shaft and a bone fore shaft, which are secured together with thin straps of leather. The head of the spear is metal. A thin line of leather attaches a model float to the spear. The float is a curved teardrop shape made of wood.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
32.59iv
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 218 mm x 9 mm x 10 mm; overall: 45 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm; overall: 440 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; leather; bone; metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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