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Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4350
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Archery, spears, javelins
DescriptionDark brown; traces of polish; both ends are split; battered condition. Wood.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.