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1900.55.465

Spear with a wooden shaft and obsidian blade. The blade is broken towards its base, it is socketed and bound to the shaft with string coated in resin. [AB [OPS move] 5/7/2018]

1900.55.465

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with a wooden shaft and obsidian blade. The blade is broken towards its base, it is socketed and bound to the shaft with string coated in resin. [AB [OPS move] 5/7/2018]
Long description
Spear with a wooden shaft and obsidian blade. The blade is broken towards its base, it is socketed and bound to the shaft with string coated in resin. The resin is decorated with red and black painted triangle designs, below the socket there are cowrie shells set in to the resin. [AB [OPS move] 5/7/2018]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Person
Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy
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 Pigment, Material Obsidian Stone, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Resin Plant, Material String, Process Painted, Process Socketed, Process Carved, Process Decorated, Process Bound
Dimensions
Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 53 mm, Length: max 1773 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.465

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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