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Fighting spear
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Object Number 32-68-70/D4068
Display Title Fighting spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, bamboo shaft, carved wood foreshaft, broken tip
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Moola Bulla
Materials Bamboo, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 291.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (114 3/4 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-68-70/D4068
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1896-1931)
Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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