Spear with a wooden shaft with two bands of red coloured hair and socketed metal blade and butt spike. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with a wooden shaft with two bands of red coloured hair and socketed metal blade and butt spike. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]
Long description: Spear with a wooden shaft with two bands of red coloured hair and socketed metal blade and butt spike. The blade is leaf shaped with two horizontally extending points at the base. The bands of goats' hair are flared at each end, each with three black bands in the middle, the lower of the two has a fringe of longer hair towards the butt. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Lotha Naga; Rengma Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: 1919
Acquisition information: Loaned: 03/1920 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Hair, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Dyed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Socketed, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 81 mm, Length: max 2325 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.6

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