Spear. Iron blade, iron butted spear with a wooden shaft; ornamented with two clipped areas of faded red dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear. Iron blade, iron butted spear with a wooden shaft; ornamented with two clipped areas of faded red dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Long description: Spear, with long narrow leaf-shaped, iron blade with cusped points below. The wooden shaft is ornamented with two clipped areas of pink dyed goat's hair with a pair of narrow bands of black in the centre of each ornament, which have coalesced into wider single bands. The lower area has red-dyed hair fringe. Socketed iron butt spike also attached to the end of the shaft. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Khiamniungan Naga; Sangtam Naga; 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 Hair, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Dyed, Process Carved, Process Socketed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 66 mm, Length: max 2302 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.507

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