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Object Number
47-54-70/2534
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
/
Vanuatu
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<State>
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Espiritu Santo Island
Materials
Wood, Human bone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 263 x 6.8 x 5 cm (103 9/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2534/ D.24.207/ Esp. Santo./ N.H.
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