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Fighting spear shaft
Object Number 32-68-70/D4064
Display Title Fighting spear shaft
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft, no point, resin on one end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Forrest River Mission
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Wood, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 138 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm (54 5/16 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-68-70/D4064
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1906)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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