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Object Number 971-2-50/11615
Display Title Wooden spear with metal tip, 55.5 in. l. !uku
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, pointed metal blade and foreshaft, wood shaft bound with sinew and resin
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert
Dimensions Overall: 140.5 x 2.7 x 2 cm (55 5/16 x 1 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-2\ 50/11615

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