Spear

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Object Number 99-12-50/53214

Display Title Spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, long metal blade, curved wood shaft, skin and sinew at haft

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1899

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Materials Wood, Metal, Skin, Sinew, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 156.4 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm (61 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 99-12-50/53214

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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72-20-50/6767	Spear with iron blade.	Spear	South Africa
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