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Spear head
Object Number 15-62-50/B770
Display Title Spear head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, spear tip, four barbs, incised and twisted design
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dakar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms Dakar; Nigeria, northern
Materials Steel
Dimensions Overall: 47.4 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm (18 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-62-50/B770

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Spear head
15-62-50/B769 Spear head
Spear
Nigeria
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46-78-70/2368.2 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spear head
15-62-50/B772 Spear head
Spear
Nigeria
Spear head
15-62-50/B771 Spear head
Spear
Nigeria
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.3 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.4 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.1 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
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Spear
Ethiopia
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Spear
Kimberley
Western Australia
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46-78-70/2401 Long spear with barbs and incised polychrome designs
Spear
Fiji
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40-12-70/1858 Wooden king spear - long carved barbs; elaborate carved decoration +
Raw Material
Spear
Bougainville Island
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Spear
Fiji