Spear with a leaf shaped blade with flared barbs and butt spike socketed onto a wooden shaft. The shaft is covered with red, black and white hair. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with a leaf shaped blade with flared barbs and butt spike socketed onto a wooden shaft. The shaft is covered with red, black and white hair. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]
Long description: Spear with a leaf shaped blade with flared barbs and butt spike socketed onto a wooden shaft. The shaft is covered with red, black and white hair. The upper section of hair is red and tapers to a black section, within this are rectangles of red and white hair. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Kekrima
Cultural groups: Angami 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 Hair, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Dyed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Socketed
Dimensions: Depth: max 75 mm, Width: max 125 mm, Length: max 2167 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.498