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Object Number 64-18-70/4539
Display Title Small darkened fighting spear (ab dege)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft, tapered to point on both ends, partially darkened
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
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 275 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (108 1/4 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4539

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