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1884.19.53

Spear with carved and stained bamboo shaft and hard wood foreshaft carved into four rows of barbs.

1884.19.53

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with carved and stained bamboo shaft and hard wood foreshaft carved into four rows of barbs.
Long description
Spear with carved and stained bamboo shaft and hard wood foreshaft carved into four rows of barbs. The bamboo is decorated with a roughly checkerboard line design. [AB [OPS move] 22/8/2018]
Geographical reference
Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu
Espíritu Santo
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected
?By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Stained
Dimensions
Length: max 2600 mm, Diameter: max 27 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.19.53 PR Cat other PR nos: 627

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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