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Hunting spear heads, candarra
Hunting spear heads, candarra
Object Number 23-46-70/D1721.1
Display Title Hunting spear heads, candarra
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, head, cylindrical wood, tapered to point, barbed, fiber wrapped
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 80.5 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (31 11/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1721.1
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller Donated by Unknown (2/26/1923)

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