Spear with wooden shaft and lacquered globular butt, with wide band of pearl inlay and copper collar and rings near the head. With a lacquered blade sheath. [RH [OPS move] 18/7/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with wooden shaft and lacquered globular butt, with wide band of pearl inlay and copper collar and rings near the head. With a lacquered blade sheath. [RH [OPS move] 18/7/2018]
Long description: Spear with a wooden shaft and lacquered globular butt, with a wide band of pearl inlay and copper collar and rings near the head, and a band of red lacquer binding. At the head of the shaft is a lacquered octagonal blade sheath which is covering the blade. For the lacquered sheath see [1936.12.4 .2]. [RH [OPS move] 18/7/2018]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector C.S.F. Fagan; PRM source Major Fagan
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1868
Date collected: 1868
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Copper Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Pearl Shell, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Inlaid, Process Bound, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Length: max 2215 mm total, Diameter: max 35 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.12.4.1
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour on page 104 (top right) of Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5000 Years of Combat by R. G. Grant (Dorling Kindersley 2005), with the caption 'SHORT-BLADED SPEAR (YARI)'. [JMC 1/8/2019]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear, Sheath

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