- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear, possibly made from palm wood or stained reed, which has been split at one end to allow for the poisoned spear head to be inserted. The spear head is currently missing from the shaft. [ASh [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1874
- Date collected
- By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Material Poison, Material Palm Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Split
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2221 mm, Diameter: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.19.209 PR Cat other PR nos: 777
1884.19.209
Spear, possibly made from palm wood or stained reed, which has been split at one end to allow for the poisoned spear head to be inserted. The spear head is currently missing from the shaft. [ASh [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
1884.19.209
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