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Short throwing spear
Object Number 00-8-70/55544
Display Title Short throwing spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft tapered at each end, barbed head, woven sheath of dark and light plant fibers covering handle, geometric pattern
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Wood , Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 47.3 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm (18 5/8 × 1 1/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55544

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