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Hawaiian long spear, or ihe laumake. Wooden spear has a head consisting of five triple-barbed tiers and a slender, uncarved shaft. The surface is polished. The spear would have been thrust or thrown.
spears (weapons)
wood (plant material)
Spear
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,140
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3608
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