- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear with a bamboo shaft and obsidian blade. The blade is attached to the shaft with plant fibre string and resin. [RH [OPS move] 6/7/2018]
- Long description
- Spear with a bamboo shaft and obsidian blade. The blade is attached to the shaft with plant fibre string and resin. There is a carved wooden section beneath the blade with a hexagonal incision, and red and black pigment. [RH [OPS move] 6/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- By 1911
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1911
- Materials and processes
- Material Obsidian Stone, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Resin Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Chip Carved, Process Strung, Process Painted, Process Incised, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 25 mm, Length: max 1681 mm, Width: max 49 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1911.65.26
1911.65.26
Spear with a bamboo shaft and obsidian blade. The blade is attached to the shaft with plant fibre string and resin. [RH [OPS move] 6/7/2018]
1911.65.26
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