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Object Number
69-20-70/6180
Display Title
Spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wood staff, long tapered paddle-like blade, carved incised design
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 253.7 x 4.5 x 3 cm (99 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
6180
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Boston Marine Society
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