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Object Number 18-20-70/D1133
Display Title Spear, ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood shaft tapered to point, bone attached at one end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Materials Wood, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 236 x 4 x 4 cm (92 15/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 18-20-70/D1133, 1322

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