Spear. Wooden foreshaft expands to a leaf shape then narrows to a point. The bamboo shaft has an incised geometric pattern. Head is bound to the shaft with cane. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear. Wooden foreshaft expands to a leaf shape then narrows to a point. The bamboo shaft has an incised geometric pattern. Head is bound to the shaft with cane. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]
Long description: Spear with a bamboo shaft and a longer, carved wooden head. The foreshaft expands to a leaf shape then narrows to a long point. The shaft has an incised and stained geometric pattern. The head is bound to the shaft with cane. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Lavongai 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 Bamboo Plant, Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Pigment, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Stained, Process Socketed
Dimensions: Length: max 2578 mm, Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 88 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.80.10

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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