Spear with cane shaft and wooden foreshaft covered with bark, sharpened to a point and flattened. [RH [OPS move] 30/7/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with cane shaft and wooden foreshaft covered with bark, sharpened to a point and flattened. [RH [OPS move] 30/7/2018]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Northern Territory Wild Man River
Person: Field collector Harry Stockdale; PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 17 mm, Length: max 1344 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.55.697
Research and responses: This spear was studied by Harry Allen, University of Auckland, on 22 October 2013. He noted that this type of spear was used with a goose necked spearthrower. It is a lightweight, fast spear used for fighting. The wood may be poisonous. They are economical to make and fire. It looks as if they (1900.55.34-.36, 1900.55.691-700) were made by the same maker. Men made their own weapons. [MJD 22/10/2013]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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