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Object Number
47-54-70/2533
Display Title
Spear set with sharp points of human bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, long tapered shaft, multiple variegated bone barbs, fiber bound
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Vanuatu
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<State>
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Espiritu Santo Island
Materials
Wood, Human bone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 271 x 6 x 6 cm (106 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2533/ D. 44. 558./ Espiritu-Santo.
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