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1966.1.52

Spear with a bamboo shaft and a carved wooden spear head. The spear head is hafted to the bamboo and fixed with resin and bound with plant fibre. [DV [OPS move] 21/6/2018]

1966.1.52

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with a bamboo shaft and a carved wooden spear head. The spear head is hafted to the bamboo and fixed with resin and bound with plant fibre. [DV [OPS move] 21/6/2018]
Person
Field collector Moore
Field collector Alice Moore
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1850-1900?, uncertain
Date collected
?Late 1800s
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions
Diameter: max 26 mm, Length: max 2413 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.52 Other numbers: 1931.243.7

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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