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Object Number 14-31-70/85912
Display Title Shark tooth weapon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical spear, carved point one end, carved knob handle at other end, hollowed out at center, two perforated edges each with two rows of shark's teeth attached with plant fiber cord
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Dimensions Overall: 65.4 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm (25 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85912 ; 125-44

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