Fish spear or gaff

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Object Number 20-53-30/F269

Display Title Fish spear or gaff

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, bone point, wood shaft, woven fiber and string wrap, string tassel

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Brazil

Additional Geographic Terms Rio Jurua

Materials Wood, String, Bone, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 142 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm (55 7/8 x 1 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object F-269

Provenance

Collector Dr. A. Hamilton Rice (1919-1920 - 1920)

Donor Dr. A. Hamilton Rice (1919-1920 - 1920)

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