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Object Number 91-6-70/50621.1
Display Title Spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, cylindrical, tapered to point, white pigment on handle, poin
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Ireland?
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 253 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm (99 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 91-6-70/50621.1
Provenance
Seller A. P. Goodwin

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