- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden spear with barb bound to tip with string and resin. [JMC [OPS move] 9/8/2018]
- Long description
- Spear with narrow wooden shaft tapering towards the tip. A small, downward projecting barb has been bound to the tip with string binding and resin. The butt end is notched. [JMC [OPS move] 9/8/2018]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1871
- Date collected
- Before 1871
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1952
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Resin Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Notched
- Dimensions
- Width: max 17 mm, Depth: max 42 mm, Length: max 2243 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1952.3.9.2 Other PRM accession number: 1952.3.9b
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