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Object Number
47-73-70/2800
Display Title
Very large wooden canoe paddle - feathered
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, carved wood, paddle on one end, fiber, feather bundle near point
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Sepik, Upper; Wogumas
Materials
Wood, Feather, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 338 x 13.7 x 8.7 cm (133 1/16 x 5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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