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Object Number 40-91-50/5127
Display Title Spear - about 5.5' long
Descriptions
Object Description Spear - about 5.5' long; crooked wooden shaft; long iron point with incising on midrib; socket wound with brass (?) wire
Inventory Description Spear, elongated metal blade, carved/ incised ridge w/ black oval b'ground on wo
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 182.5 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm (71 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-91-50/5127

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