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Object Number 64-18-70/4536
Display Title Dark spear with white woven band (al dege)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical shaft, tapered to flattened point, plaited fiber, white pigme
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 400 x 3 x 3 cm (157 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4536

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