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Wooden spear with metal point
Object Number 2011.19.15
Display Title Wooden spear with metal point
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spear with metal point and end; light brown wooden shaft, some cracks in wood, metal of end and point is rusted, metal on end is rectangular and tapers into a point, spear point is thin and sharp, point is slightly bent
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood cylindrical shaft, cracks, leaf-shaped point at one end, other end inserted in metal point, squared, tapered
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1966 or earlier
Culture
  • Lele
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Materials Wood Metal
Dimensions Other: 185.2 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm (72 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.15
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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