Ceremonial spear

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Object Number 32-68-70/D4082

Display Title Ceremonial spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft, curved, tapered to point, double barbed

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Murchison

Additional Geographic Terms Black Range

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 258 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm (101 9/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 32-68-70/D4082

Provenance

Collector Penn Museum (1902)

Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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