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Spear, bone point
Object Number 07-45-70/72747
Display Title Spear, bone point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved cylindrical wood shaft, light wood, tapered bone point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Meosboendi Wiak, Biak, Island; Schouten group; Geelvink Bay
Materials Wood, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 217 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (85 7/16 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 07-45-70/72747

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