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Object Number 24-11-70/D1972
Display Title Shark tooth weapon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lance, wood shaft, three rows of sharks teeth lashed with cordage, loose fiber
Classification
  • Lance
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Dimensions Overall: 93.8 x 3.5 x 3 cm (36 15/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/1972

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