Fish spear

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Object Number 99-12-70/53389

Display Title Fish spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical shaft, braided wrapped fiber, three-pronged point, one missin

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1899

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Materials Wood, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 277 x 4.7 x 5.7 cm (109 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 99-12-70/53389

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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