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Object Number
05-2-70/64841.1
Display Title
Spear with obsidian point
Descriptions
Object Description
Spear with obsidian point
Inventory Description
Spear, carved wood shaft, split, raw obsidian tied at one end, twisted cord
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Chile
/
Rapa Nui
Materials
Wood, Obsidian, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 156 x 11.5 x 3.6 cm (61 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
05-2-70/64841.1
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1905
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1904-1905)
Expedition
Albatross Expedition
(1904-1905)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(04/1905)
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