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Lances or dance spears
Object Number 09-33-70/75425.1
Display Title Lances or dance spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical handle, painted bands, four-pronged wood point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 250 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (98 7/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 09-33-70/75425.1

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