- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden spear with carved barbs.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Mrs Stileman Davies
- PRM source Ipswich Museum
- PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1926
- Date collected
- By 1926
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2029 mm, Diameter: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.61 Other numbers: 1926.62
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