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Spear
Object Number 2006.38.163.1
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Object Description Spear
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood stick, tapered to point one end, blunt other end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980 or earlier
Culture
  • Efe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Materials Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 87 x 4 x 4 cm (34 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2006.38.163.1
Credit Line In memory of Diane Dixon-Daniel, gift of Renee Bertrand
Provenance
Owner Lavi Daniel (1993)
Owner Diane Dixon (1993)
Collector Jean-Pierre Hallet (Before 1980? - 1993)
Donor Renee C. Bertrand

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