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Wooden spear ("ijuma lijekiti")
Wooden spear ("ijuma lijekiti")
Object Number 39-39-50/4437
Display Title Wooden spear ("ijuma lijekiti")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ijuma lijekiti
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, rectangular point, shaft split, end tapered and worn
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 158 x 2 x 1.4 cm (62 3/16 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4437

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