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Object Number
00-8-70/55601
Display Title
Shark tooth weapon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, shark tooth bound with fiber to wood trident, basketry at shaft base
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms
South
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Shark tooth, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 293.2 x 19.5 x 5.2 cm (115 7/16 x 7 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55601
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