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Spear
Object Number 99-12-50/53212
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, flat ovoid metal blade with incised neck, on wood shaft, metal butt end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 176.7 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm (69 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53212
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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