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Object Number
00-8-70/55310
Display Title
Na-motu - straight spear
Descriptions
Object Description
Na-motu - straight spear
Inventory Description
Cylindrical wood shaft, pointed at both ends, woven fiber bands, fiber wrapped
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 391 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm (153 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
00-8-70/55310
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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