- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear, with a stained wooden shaft that is stepped at the butt, which terminates into a point. The socketed blade is made from iron and is oblate in shape. [ASh [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Assam Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalaya
- Cultural groups
- Midu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1867
- Date collected
- By 1867
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1922
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Stained, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1979 mm, Depth: max 21 mm, Width: max 31 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1922.60.58
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