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Object Number 00-8-70/55780
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood, tiered barbed point on tapering cylindrical shaft with blunt end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 211.9 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm (83 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 00-8-70/ 55780

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