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Spears with obsidian points
Spears with obsidian points
Object Number 05-2-70/64841.2
Display Title Spears with obsidian points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood handle, rounded obsidian head, fiber wrapped
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Fiber, Obsidian
Dimensions Overall: 184 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm (72 7/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1904-1905)
Expedition Albatross Expedition (1904-1905)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (04/1905)

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