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Object Number
2011.19.16
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 conical and tapers into a point, spear point is thin and sharp
Inventory Description
Spear, carved wood cylindrical shaft, cracks, leaf-shaped metal point one end, other end inserted into metal tapered to thin, sharp point,
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1966 or earlier
Culture
- Lele
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Wood Metal
Dimensions
Other: 173.2 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm (68 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.16
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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