- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear with wooden shaft which tapers towards end. The blade is made from iron and has been hafted into the shaft. [DV [OPS move] 12/6/2018]
- Person
- Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale
- Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson
- Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson expedition
- PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1902
- Date collected
- 1901 - 1902
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1902
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 25 mm, Length: max 1702 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1902.88.50.1
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