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Object Number 64-18-70/4540
Display Title Fighting spear of light wood with dark woven band
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical light wood shaft, tapered to flat point, wrapped fiber band
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, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 429 x 3 x 3 cm (168 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4540

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