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Wooden spear with metal point
Object Number 2011.19.17
Display Title Wooden spear with metal point
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spear with metal point and end; light brown wooden shaft, metal of end and point is rusted, metal on end is rectangular and tapers into a rounded point, spear point is thin and sharp, deep cracks and knots in wood
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood clyindrical shaft, light brown, cracked, leaf-shaped metal point at one end, opposite end inserted into metal, rectangular, tapered to a rounded point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1966 or earlier
Culture
  • Lele
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Materials Wood Metal
Dimensions Other: 165.8 x 3.5 x 2 cm (65 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.17
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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