Spear with hardwood shaft tapering to a small piece of bamboo bound at the butt with plant fibre. A small bone spike is bound at the head with plaited plant fibre. [RH [OPS move] 16/7/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with hardwood shaft tapering to a small piece of bamboo bound at the butt with plant fibre. A small bone spike is bound at the head with plaited plant fibre. [RH [OPS move] 16/7/2018]
Geographical reference: Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu; Unknown
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 Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Diameter: max 19 mm, Length: max 2430 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.118.65

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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