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Spear, shaft, carved wood covered with snake skin, 1 end notched, wrapped
Spear, shaft, carved wood covered with snake skin, 1 end notched, wrapped
Object Number 30-60-60/D3649.1
Display Title Spear, shaft, carved wood covered with snake skin, 1 end notched, wrapped
Descriptions
Object Description Spear, shaft, carved wood covered with snake skin, 1 end notched, wrapped
Inventory Description Spear, shaft, carved wood covered with snake skin, 1 end notched, wrapped
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Manchuria
Materials Wood, Snakeskin, Animal skin
Dimensions Overall: 114.7 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm (45 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-60-60/D-3649, D-3649
Provenance
Collector Owen Lattimore (1930)

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