1884.19.258

Collection type

Object

Description

Pig spear with metal leaf shaped tanged head. The shaft is wooden, beneath the blade is it bound with red and yellow textile strips. The shaft has been sawn. [AB [OPS move] 7/8/2018]

Geographical reference

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)

Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)

Nicobar Islands

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Edward Horace Man

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Possibly before 1878

Date collected

?Prior to 1878

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Textile, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound

Dimensions

Length: max 1814 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Depth: max 23 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.19.258 PR no.: 182/ 11935

Research and responses

This object is listed in Accession Book VII but is one of those items listed there which were part of the PRM collections before 1884. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications

JAI 1878: 466 'Hop-lôäp pig spear Pl XV' [Taken from the 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese implements ornaments etc presented to Major General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man 18th September 1877'] JAI 1882: 274 is used for the same purpose and also sometimes for sharks and crocodiles. Indian Antiquary, Feb. 1895, 'Catalogue of Nicobarese objects', p. 43 '3. Spears and harpoons ... 12 (m) Shanen hoploap (Car Nicobar We-wain) Pig spear: also sometimes used for spearing sharks and crocodiles. A similar weapon is used by the Malays in the Straits Settlements.' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Weapon, Hunting, Spear, Hunting accessory