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Object Number
03-15-50/62445
Display Title
Assegai or spear with iron point
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, wood shaft, ovoid metal blade, hafted with coiled leather strip
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
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KwaZulu-Natal
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 128.7 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm (50 11/16 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
03-15-50/62445
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