Wooden spear with socked iron head and butt, and two sections of hair covering the entirety of the shaft, in a complex red, black and white pattern. [VS [OPS move] 31/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spear with socked iron head and butt, and two sections of hair covering the entirety of the shaft, in a complex red, black and white pattern. [VS [OPS move] 31/8/2018]
Long description: Wooden spear with socked iron head and butt, and two sections of hair covering the entirety of the shaft, in a complex red, black and white pattern, each boarded with red woven cane. The top section of spear is alternating tuffs of hair, and close cropped hair. There is a red tuft, followed by a close cropped section in red. The next tuft is black, followed by the same cropped section, and then red tuff, followed by the same section, and finally a tuff of mixed dyed white, black and red hair. The lower section begins with black tuffs that don't wrap the full diameter of the spear. The rest of the hair is close cropped with red and black alternating sections, ending the the same tufts of hair. The socketed butt is a curved chisel shape and the blade is leaf shaped. [VS [OPS move] 31/8/2018]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Angami Naga
Person: PRM source John Henry Hutton; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date
Acquisition information: Found unentered: 31/08/2018
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Cane Plant, Material Hair, Material Animal Hair, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Wrought, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Height: max 57 mm, Width: max 116 mm, Length: max 1687 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.185.1

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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