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Spear
Object Number 96-25-70/49465
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Object Description Spear
Inventory Description Spear, carved barbs at pointed end, broken barbs
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 302.5 x 3.2 x 2 cm (119 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 96-25-70/49465
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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