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Ceremonial Arrowhead
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Steel copper alloy, Bohemian probably Prague
Rights: Public Domain
Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase David and Dorothy Alexander and Mrs. Ridgeley Hunt Gifts Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay by exchange and funds from various donors 1984
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