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Object Number 973-11-70/5304
Display Title Spear or arrow, 50 in. l, bamboo tip with tooth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, bamboo shaft, split bamboo point with bone piece attached, wrapped fiber
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Ialibu district; Western Highlands
Dimensions Overall: 127.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm (50 3/16 x 13/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-11-70/5304

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Spear, bamboo tip, 50 in. l.
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Spears, a) 48 in. l; b) 45.5 in. l.; c) 49 in. l, bone tips
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Spears, a) 48 in. l; b) 45.5 in. l.; c) 49 in. l, bone tips
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Spears, a) 50.5 in. l.; b) 37.5 in. l, bone tips
973-11-70/5316A Spears, a) 50.5 in. l.; b) 37.5 in. l, bone tips
Spear
Papua New Guinea
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Spear
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