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Object Number 25-60-30/F473
Display Title Wild boa spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spears, ovate metal point hafted to long wood shaft with fiber string
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Marku
  • Maku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / <County> / <City> / Macu
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Uracuera
Dimensions Overall: 335.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm (132 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object F-473
Provenance
Collector Dr. A. Hamilton Rice (1924-1925 - 1925)
Donor Dr. A. Hamilton Rice (1924-1925 - 1925)

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