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Point for fish spear
Object Number 23-49-60/D1861
Display Title Point for fish spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spearhead, three barbed points, connected to socketed end
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Goldi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 23.2 x 14.5 x 2.4 cm (9 1/8 x 5 11/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1861

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