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Object Number 00-8-70/55696
Display Title Spear pointed with ray spine
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft tapers to pointed ends, stingray spines imbedded in 4 guano ba
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Dimensions Overall: 340 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm (133 7/8 x 2 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55696

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