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Wooden club with copper head and copper band wound around handle
Wooden club with copper head and copper band wound around handle
Object Number 46-77-30/6927
Display Title Wooden club with copper head and copper band wound around handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mace, spiked copper alloy head with long flat band wrapped around wooden shaft
Classification
  • Mace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Copper alloy, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 75.3 x 9.5 x 9.4 cm (29 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/6927

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