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Spear
Object Number 91-6-70/50629
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Object Description Spear
Inventory Description Spear, red, yellow plaited fiber, tufts, carved, black pigment, bone barbs
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 347.2 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (136 11/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 91-6-70/50629
Provenance
Seller A. P. Goodwin

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