- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear with leaf-shaped metal blade and wooden shaft, attached by a binding of copper alloy wire. [JMC [OPS move] 23/8/2018]
- Long description
- Spear with pointed, leaf-shaped metal blade and wooden shaft. The blade has a long tang which is bound to the top of the shaft by a length of tightly coiled copper alloy wire. There are two bands of twisted copper alloy wire within the binding. The blade has a longitudinal mid rib on both faces. [JMC [OPS move] 23/8/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Malay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- Between 1893 - 1913
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1974
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2118 mm, Depth: max 61 mm, Width: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1974.24.16
1974.24.16
Spear with leaf-shaped metal blade and wooden shaft, attached by a binding of copper alloy wire. [JMC [OPS move] 23/8/2018]
1974.24.16
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