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Iron spear - small head, short wood shaft ("mtereri")
Iron spear - small head, short wood shaft ("mtereri")
Object Number 39-39-50/4438
Display Title Iron spear - small head, short wood shaft ("mtereri")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mtereri
Inventory Description Spearpoint
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (20 1/2 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4438

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