- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear or lance with a bamboo shaft. The head is carved from wood, it is straight with a pointed tip. The head is attached to the shaft with black-coloured ?clay. [AB [OPS move] 6/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- Prior to 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Clay, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1342 mm, Diameter: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.19.23
1884.19.23
Spear or lance with a bamboo shaft. The head is carved from wood, it is straight with a pointed tip. The head is attached to the shaft with black-coloured ?clay. [AB [OPS move] 6/7/2018]
1884.19.23
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