- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear, thick in the centre tapering at both ends.
- Long description
- Spear, thick in the centre tapering at both ends. The spear is dark brown. The surface of the spear has cut marks from shaping with stone tools. [MJD 22/11/2013]
- Geographical reference
- 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, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2180 mm, Diameter: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.19.4 PR Cat other PR nos: 590
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