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Object Number 15-28-50/B657
Display Title Harpoon (no lanyard)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, iron, arrow-shaped head, one barb along shaft
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Mongolla and Aruwimi Rivers, between
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 44.7 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm (17 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
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