Spear with cane shaft with black staining. At the head is a large obsidian blade with a small obsidian barb below, set into a decorative mount. [RH [OPS move] 15/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with cane shaft with black staining. At the head is a large obsidian blade with a small obsidian barb below, set into a decorative mount. [RH [OPS move] 15/8/2018]
Long description: Spear with cane shaft with black staining. At the head is a large obsidian blade with a small obsidian barb below, set into a decorative mounting of carved wood, bound on with plant fibre binding painted with red, black and white diamond patterns and rows of coix seeds. [RH [OPS move] 15/8/2018]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Obsidian Stone, Material Plant Fibre, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Flaked, Process Bound, Process Painted, Process Glued
Dimensions: Depth: max 39 mm, Length: max 2209 mm, Width: max 63 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.80.5

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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