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Object Number 29-4-50/H756
Display Title Harpoon point and rope
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, wood shaft, triangular barbed blade tethered with twisted fiber cord
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gome?
  • Bangala?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River; Bangala District; Nouvelle Amrrs., near
Dimensions Overall: 158 x 5.3 x 1.8 cm (62 3/16 x 2 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-4-50/H756

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