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Spear, wooden point
Object Number 07-45-70/72748
Display Title Spear, wooden point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, cylindrical shaft, tapered to square, barbed 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
Dimensions Overall: 244.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm (96 1/4 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 07-45-70/72748

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