Wooden spear with bone foreshaft and hafted iron leaf shaped blade, bound to the shaft with ?sinew. The are two bone protrusion in the middle of the shaft. [VS [OPS move] 6/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spear with bone foreshaft and hafted iron leaf shaped blade, bound to the shaft with ?sinew. The are two bone protrusion in the middle of the shaft. [VS [OPS move] 6/9/2018]
Long description: Wooden spear with bone foreshaft and hafted iron leaf shaped blade, bound to the shaft with ?sinew. The are two bone protrusion in the middle of the shaft. Used with a spear thrower, 1884.81.9 .5 .2. The rivet holding the blade is copper alloy, where are the rest of the metal used appears to be iron. [VS [OPS move] 6/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)
Northern America > North America > Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark); Unknown
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Bone, Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Animal Sinew, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 2007 mm, Width: max 100 mm, Depth: max 42 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.81.9.5.1 PR no.: 1/ 387
Research and responses: There are no objects with the fraction number 387 in the green book. If my theory about fraction numbers is correct [see Introduction to the Lt-Genl PR catalogue] then objects with this number should have associated dates of between March 1874 and June 1874 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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