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Object Number 94-14-70/50657
Display Title Obsidian pointed spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, obsidian blade, carved and painted haft, tapered wood and reed shaft
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Dimensions Overall: 170.6 x 6.3 x 3 cm (67 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50657
Provenance
Provenance New South Wales Commission, World's Columbian Exposition
Intermediary Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Seller Donated by James E. Wolfe

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