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Object Number 2011.19.14
Display Title Wooden spear with metal point
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spear, wide metal point, several cracks in wooden shaft, slight ridge on both sides of point
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood cylindrical shaft, cracked, triangular metal point, ridged
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1966 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Materials Wood Metal
Dimensions Other: 119.9 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm (47 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.14
Credit Line Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)
Donor Donated by André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)

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