- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear. Made from iron with a pointed blade with two barbs. The handle of the spear is spiked at the end and is incised with decorative patterns and is barbed. [SB [OPS Move] 23/6/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Fang
- 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 Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 363 mm, Width: max 50 mm, Depth: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.19.119 PR Cat other PR nos: 745
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