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Object Number 63-29-70/4100
Display Title Wooden dark fighting spear with white band (wim tege)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft, pointed both ends, white fiber band
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 335 x 2 x 2 cm (131 7/8 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4100

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