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Object Number 25-46-70/D2429
Display Title Glass headed spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood cylindrical shaft, clay ends, separated glass chipped point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / <City> / Drysdale River
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms Drysdale River
Dimensions Overall: 127.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (50 3/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 25-46-70/D2429
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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