Fish spear

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Object Number 99-12-70/53402

Display Title Fish spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, 2 long wood points, hafted to wood shaft with braided fiber cord

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1899

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / Niue

Additional Geographic Terms Cook Islands

Materials Wood, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 288 x 4.6 x 2 cm (113 3/8 x 1 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 99-12-70/53402 & 53402

Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899

Provenance

Provenance Boston Museum

Donor David P. Kimball

Donor Augusta K. Horton

Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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