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Object Number 09-33-70/75434
Display Title Shark tooth weapon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft, one end fiber bound with teeth, white pigment
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Dimensions Overall: 246 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (96 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75434

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