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1884.19.32

Spear with large obsidian blade set into a large, incised resin socket on a wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 22/8/2018]


1884.19.32

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with large obsidian blade set into a large, incised resin socket on a wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 22/8/2018]
Long description
Spear with large obsidian blade set into a large resin socket on a wooden shaft. The resin is coloured red and black and carved with patterns of zigzags, crosses, diagonal bands and plain rectangular fields. There are fragments of shell set into the top of the socket. [JMC [OPS move] 22/8/2018]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Obsidian Stone, Material Resin Plant, Material Pigment, Process Flaked, Process Carved, Process Inlaid, Process Painted, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 1517 mm, Width: max 60 mm, Depth: max 34 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.19.32

Search terms: Weapon, Spear