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Object Number 99-12-70/53404
Display Title Paddle-shaped club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, ridged, carved at both ends, 1 end flared and tapered point, point broken
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms Melanesia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 246.6 x 9.4 x 2.3 cm (97 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53404
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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