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1923.85.824

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


1923.85.824

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with leaf shaped blade with cusped basal points. The wooden shaft has two reel shaped masses of red dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Long description
Spear with leaf shaped blade with cusped basal points. The wooden shaft has two reel shaped masses of clipped, 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
Sangtam Naga
Person
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1929
Date collected
July 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1929
Materials and processes
Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Decorated, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Socketed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 59 mm, Length: max 2335 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.85.824

Search terms: Weapon, Spear