- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Blowpipe with spear-head with long tang, attached to the pipe with metal bands. [El.B 31/01/2008]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1874
- Date collected
- ?By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2390 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.18.5 PR Cat other PR nos: 1007
Search terms: Weapon, Blowpipe, Bayonet, Spear-head
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