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Object Number 38-112-70/1020
Display Title Paddle-shaped spear - wood with feather decoration
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, paddle, broken tip, bound fiber and feather bundle
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River Region
Dimensions Overall: 346 x 15.1 x 5.3 cm (136 1/4 x 5 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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