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Object Number 39-17-70/1291
Display Title 5-pronged bamboo arrow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, 5 barbed wood prongs, linear painted reed shaft, woven fiber haft
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Luelala Moraid
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sainke Doek
Additional Geographic Terms Luelala Moraid
Dimensions Overall: 174.8 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm (68 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1291

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