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Wooden spear with raffia at top and striped painted decoration
Wooden spear with raffia at top and striped painted decoration
Object Number 61-7-30/8274
Display Title Wooden spear with raffia at top and striped painted decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spear with raffia at top and striped painted decoration
Inventory Description Staff, wood stick with burned bands and pointed end, fiber strips knotted at top
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 187 x 4.5 x 3 cm (73 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8274
Provenance
Expedition University of Wisconsin (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Institute of Andean Research (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1957 - 1961)

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