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Object Number 21-28-50/B2821
Display Title Short spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, notched metal tip adhered with resin to reed staff
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 71.6 x 3.3 x 2 cm (28 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-28-50/B2821

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