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Object Number
2016.2.6
Display Title
Wooden spear
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden spear
Inventory Description
Spear, carved dark wood, chipped and broken at both ends
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1968 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1.1 × 81 × 1.9 cm (7/16 × 31 7/8 × 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2016.2.6
Credit Line
Gift of Anthropological and Medical Expedition to Solomon Islands by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Expedition
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD
(1968-2016)
Donor
Donated by
Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD
(1968-2016)
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