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Half of spear with metal point and mother-of-pearl inlay
Half of spear with metal point and mother-of-pearl inlay
Object Number 35-111-60/1601
Display Title Half of spear with metal point and mother-of-pearl inlay
Descriptions
Object Description Spear - wooden shaft overlaid with mother-of-pearl: Half of spear with metal point and mother-of-pearl inlay
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft with shell inlay and fiber, three-sided steel blade tip
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 18th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / <State> / <County> / <City> / Yokohama?
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Shell, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 99 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (39 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-111-60/1601
Provenance
Collector Mr. John S. Paine (ca. 1890)
Collector Mrs. John S. Paine (ca. 1890)
Donor John Adams Paine (1935)

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