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Stone-tipped spear foreshaft
Object Number 32-68-70/D3947.4
Display Title Stone-tipped spear foreshaft
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood and or bamboo shafts, serrated stone points, resin head
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Forrest River Mission
Materials Stone, Wood, Bamboo, Pigment, Plant fiber, Resin?
Dimensions Overall: 73 × 3.5 × 1.2 cm (28 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-68-70/D/3947.4; D/3947
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1916)
Seller University of Pennsylvania Press (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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