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Plain wooden spear
Object Number 38-112-70/1022
Display Title Plain wooden spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft, multi-barbed point, fiber wrapped, woven band
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River Region
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 312.5 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm (123 x 1 15/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-112-70/1022

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