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1898.75.24

Spear with long cane shaft in two sections bound together with cane strips and a wood foreshaft painted red and white, with a clear glass blade bound to it with black resin.


1898.75.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with long cane shaft in two sections bound together with cane strips and a wood foreshaft painted red and white, with a clear glass blade bound to it with black resin.
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1898
Date collected
By 1898
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1898
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Glass, Material Resin Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Flaked, Process Recycled, Process Painted, Process Bound
Dimensions
Depth: max 24 mm, Length: max 2623 mm, Width: max 25 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1898.75.24

Search terms: Weapon, Spear