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Object Number 31-32-70/D3747
Display Title Spears with obsidian blades
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spears, chipped obsidian blade, tapering wood shaft, organic polychrome haft
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Admiralty Islands
Dimensions Overall: 190 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm (74 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 31-32-70/ D/ 3747
Provenance
Collector General George Crook

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