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Spear - shell inlaid shank
Spear - shell inlaid shank
Object Number 51-10-60/9783
Display Title Spear - shell inlaid shank
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft, triangular metal point, shell inlaid shank
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1500-1800
Culture
  • Tokugawa Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Wood, Shell, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 234 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm (92 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-10-60/9783
Provenance
Collector Dr. George O. Clark (1951)

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