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Short spear
Object Number 00-8-70/55698
Display Title Short spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, multi-barbed point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 134 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm (52 3/4 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55698

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