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Lance or stick for throwing stick game, plain. Made of mountain maple wood.
Lance or stick for throwing stick game, plain. Made of mountain maple wood.
Object Number 15-36-10/86425
Display Title Lance or stick for throwing stick game, plain. Made of mountain maple wood.
Descriptions
Object Description Lance or stick for throwing stick game, plain. Made of mountain maple wood.
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, pointed ends
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 82.7 x 1 x 1 cm (32 9/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-36-10/86425
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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