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1884.19.21

Spear, wooden shaft, wooden foreshaft and head of metal blade. [MJD 18/10/2013]

1884.19.21

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear, wooden shaft, wooden foreshaft and head of metal blade. [MJD 18/10/2013]
Long description
Spear, wooden shaft, wooden foreshaft and head of metal blade. The b=head is bound to the foreshaft with plant fibre and covered with resin. The tail end is bound with plant fibre. There is a small cavity in the end. [MJD 18/10/2013]
Geographical reference
Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
Cape York Peninsula Queensland
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected
?By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Resin Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Recycled
Dimensions
Length: max 2433 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Depth: max 16 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.19.21 PR Cat other PR nos: 605
Research and responses

It is a long odds possibility that E. Higgins could be Edmund Thomas Higgins [ca 1816 - 1891 surgeon who in 1867 took over business of Samuel Stevens a natural history dealer]. He is mentioned in an article about Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker [see ‘Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker, FRGS, FAS, FGS CMZS (1832 - 1901) West African trader, explorer, and collector of zoological specimens’ Nora McMillan, Dept of Zoology, NMGS Merseyside Liverpool Museum, Archives of Natural History 1996 23 (1) 125-141] [AP 01/09/2004]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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