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1923.84.474

Spear with leaf shaped blade with cusped basal points. The wooden shaft has two club like masses of red dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]


1923.84.474

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with leaf shaped blade with cusped basal points. The wooden shaft has two club like masses of red dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Long description
Spear with long leaf shaped blade with cusped basal points. The wooden shaft has two club like masses of red dyed goat's hair with a single black band in the centre of each ornament. Long fringe of hair at the end of the lower ornament. Iron butt spike attached to the end of the wooden shaft. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Geographical reference
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Sümi Naga
Person
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1919
Date collected
By 1919
Acquisition information
Donated: 12/1919, uncertain Found unentered: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Dyed, Process Decorated, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Socketed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 66 mm, Length: max 2537 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.84.474

Search terms: Weapon, Status, Spear