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Object Number 975-32-50/11880
Display Title Iron lance
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Allar
Object Description Iron lance ("allar") with wooden shaft, small amount of incised designon shaft and lines on the tip, bottom is flattened metal.
Inventory Description Lance, wood handle, iron blades on both ends, incised, brass inlay
Classification
  • Lance
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Algeria
Additional Geographic Terms Sahara region
Dimensions Overall: 145.1 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm (57 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-32-50/11880

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