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War spears
Object Number 09-33-70/75427.3
Display Title War spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft, tapered, barbed point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 215.5 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm (84 13/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 09-33-70/75427.3

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