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Object Number
40-12-70/1717
Display Title
Miniature wooden king spear in protective covering
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, barbed wood, painted, wrapped with plant leaf and plant fiber
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment, Plant leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 60 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (23 5/8 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1717
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