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2018.150.1

Spear with wooden shaft stained dark. The spear head has bone barbs bound with plant fibre and coated in resin. [FB 21/8/2018]


2018.150.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with wooden shaft stained dark. The spear head has bone barbs bound with plant fibre and coated in resin. [FB 21/8/2018]
Long description
Spear with wooden shaft stained dark. The spear head has bone barbs bound with plant fibre and coated in resin. Carved stylised human figure on foreshaft and plaited plant fibre string which is becoming loose. [FB 21/8/2018]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Unknown Source
Date / Period
Date made: Unknown
Date collected
Unknown
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 21/08/2018
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Resin Plant, Material Pigment, Material Bone, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Carved, Process Stained
Dimensions
Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 3140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2018.150.1

Search terms: Weapon, Spear