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Tao (spear)

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NameTao (spear)

ProductionSāmoa

Classificationethnographic objects

Materialswood

DimensionsOverall: 33mm (width), 1075mm (length)

Registration NumberFE012644

Credit lineGift of Masonic Lodge Tawera o Kapiti, 1950

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Category

Made of: wood
Type of: ethnographic objects
Depicts: Sāmoan
Influenced by: Polynesian

Place

Made in: Sāmoa
Influenced by: Sāmoa

People & Organisations

Belonged to: Thomas William Kirk