Wooden shaft (spear?) with four holes at the point end 26" long

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Object Number 967-71-70/4657

Display Title Wooden shaft (spear?) with four holes at the point end 26" long

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden shaft (spear?) with four holes at the point end 26" long

Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, flat, tapered, pointed at one end, four perforations, split

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 66 x 3.9 x 1.6 cm (26 x 1 9/16 x 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 967-71-70/4657

Provenance

Collector Russell H. Harris

Seller Mrs. John Linden (12/12/1967)

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