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Wide pointed spear
Object Number 30-65-50/H1259
Display Title Wide pointed spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft wrapped with iron, tapered to point, incised iron spear head
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Democratic Rep. of Congo, Northeast; Upper Uele District
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 195 x 12 x 2.6 cm (76 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1259

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