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Object Number 18-20-70/D1132
Display Title Spear, ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft, red cotton bands, fiber wrapped, shells, bone head
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Dimensions Overall: 245 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm (96 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 18-20-70/D1132, (98718), 1280, (291)

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