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Spear
Object Number 77-35-70/11659.2
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft, incised design one end, fiber wrapped rings
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon Islands?
Additional Geographic Terms South Sea Islands
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 263 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (103 9/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 77-35-70/11659.2

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