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Object Number 973-3-50/11639K
Display Title Wooden spears with metal points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, ridged tapered metal blade, hafted to reed shaft with woven/ banded fiber
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa; South Africa; probably
Dimensions Overall: 250.8 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm (98 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-3-50/11639K

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