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Object Number
04-45-50/64145
Display Title
Chief's spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, flat ovoid metal blade, tapered wood shaft with black/tan tail deco
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Angola
/
<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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300 miles east of Benguela
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa, central
Materials
Wood, Metal, Animal tail
Dimensions
Overall: 119.4 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm (47 x 1 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
04-45-50/64145
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