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1966.1.69

Spear with short wooden shaft and narrow, leaf-shaped tanged iron blade. Copper alloy wire is is bound around the shaft, the butt end is carved and bulbous. [RH [OPS move] 11/7/2018]

1966.1.69

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with short wooden shaft and narrow, leaf-shaped tanged iron blade. Copper alloy wire is is bound around the shaft, the butt end is carved and bulbous. [RH [OPS move] 11/7/2018]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1947
Date collected
By 1947
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Decorated, Process Bound
Dimensions
Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 794 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.69 Other numbers: R.1947.152.2

Search terms: Weapon, Ritual and Ceremonial, Spear, Ceremonial Object

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