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Spears with obsidian points
Spears with obsidian points
Object Number 05-2-70/64841.3
Display Title Spears with obsidian points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, shaft only, carved wood, split, rough, twisted cord one end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 150.5 x 3 x 3 cm (59 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-2-70/64841.3
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Expedition Albatross Expedition
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (04/1905)

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