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Object Number 975-32-50/11876
Display Title Iron lance
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Allar
Object Description Iron lance ("allar"); some incised design on shaft leather strip midway down shaft.
Inventory Description Lance, iron spear point one end, flattened other end, leather wrapped center
Classification
  • Lance
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Algeria
Additional Geographic Terms Sahara region
Materials Iron, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 172.8 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm (68 1/16 x 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-32-50/11876

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