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Hunting spear head, candarra
Hunting spear head, candarra
Object Number 23-46-70/D1721
Display Title Hunting spear head, candarra
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spearhead, carved, one barb, remnants of resin at notched end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Bamboo, Wood?, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 3.1 x 1.5 cm (18 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1721
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller Unknown (2/26/1923)

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