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1909.64.2

Spear with bamboo shaft and longer, carved wooden head. The shaft has an incised and stained zig-zag pattern. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]

1909.64.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with bamboo shaft and longer, carved wooden head. The shaft has an incised and stained zig-zag pattern. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]
Long description
Spear with bamboo shaft and longer, carved wooden head. The shaft has an incised and stained zig-zag pattern. The head is socketed and bound to the shaft with plant fibre. There is also metal wire around the binding. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Lavongai Bismarck Archipelago
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Sennit Coconut Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Metal Wire, Process Carved, Process Socketed, Process Incised, Process Stained, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 2345 mm, Diameter: max 20 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.64.2

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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