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Barbed spear
Object Number 99-12-70/53386
Display Title Barbed spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, smooth cylindrical shaft, carved multi-barbed point, small fiber band
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 409 x 6.1 x 6 cm (161 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53386
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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