New Guinea
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Arrow (weapons: missiles & projectors)
Head carrier
Head carrier
Head carrier
Head carrier
Head carrier
Comb (general & multipurpose)
Comb (general & multipurpose)
Headrest
Comb (general & multipurpose)
Hair ornaments
Hair ornaments
Axes (ceremonial weapons)
Lime spatula (narcotics & intoxicants: chewing)
Headrest
Axe (weapons: edged)
Knife (weapons: edged)
Axe (weapons: edged)
Spear (weapons: missiles & projectors)
Spear (weapons: missiles & projectors)
Areca nut mortar; areca nut pestle
Sago pounder
Hair ornament
Arrow
Shell money
Adze (general & multipurpose)
Adze (general & multipurpose)
Bag (containers)
Armguards
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Fish spear (spear (hunting, fishing & trapping))
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Adze (general & multipurpose)
Adze/axe blade
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Arrow
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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