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Object Number 15-28-50/B659
Display Title Spear, small
Descriptions
Object Description Small spear
Inventory Description Spearpoint, flattened arrow, hollowed stem, socketed end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bayanzi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm (7 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B659

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