Spear with cane shaft and four long wood points bound together to the shaft with ?hide and resin. At the end of each point is a wooden barb bound on with plant fibre.

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with cane shaft and four long wood points bound together to the shaft with ?hide and resin. At the end of each point is a wooden barb bound on with plant fibre.
Long description: Spear with cane shaft and four long wood points bound together to the shaft with ?hide and resin. At the end of each point is a wooden barb bound on with plant fibre. The tips are covered in a black resinous material.
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
Person: Field collector Moore; Field collector Alice Moore; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1850-1899
Date collected: ?1870-1899
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Poison, Material Resin Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cane Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Stained
Dimensions: Length: max 921 mm, Width: max 42 mm, Depth: max 24 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.62 Other numbers: 1931.243