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Object Number 32-68-70/D4067
Display Title Ceremonial spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft, multi-barbed point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Murchison
Additional Geographic Terms Black Range,
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 296 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm (116 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-68-70/D4067
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1907)
Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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