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1923.85.861

Spear with sagittate iron blade with downward barbs. The wooden shaft is ornamented with red and yellow dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]


1923.85.861

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with sagittate iron blade with downward barbs. The wooden shaft is ornamented with red and yellow dyed goat's hair. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Long description
Spear with sagittate iron blade with downward and out turned barbs above the socket. The wooden shaft is ornamented with red dyed hair in two reel like masses each with a red and yellow basal hair fringe. Each decorated with black and yellow bands of hair in the centre of each ornament. Iron butt spike attached to the end of the wooden shaft. [ASh [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Geographical reference
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Angami Naga
Person
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period
Date made: 1928
Date collected
By 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1929
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Material Hair, Process Dyed, Process Decorated, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 71 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 2102 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.85.861

Search terms: Weapon, Spear