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Object Number 84-71-50/36831
Display Title Native assagai
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft, pointed ovoid blade 1 end, flat metal crescent other end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Additional Geographic Terms Berra
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 186 x 4.7 x 1.6 cm (73 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84-71-50/36831
Provenance
Collector Captain A. Ward Weaver (1883)
Donor Donated by Captain A. Ward Weaver

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