Spear with bamboo shaft and palm wood blade bound to shaft with black, white and red painted resin and plant fibre binding, with coix seeds decorating the surface. [RH [OPS move] 4/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with bamboo shaft and palm wood blade bound to shaft with black, white and red painted resin and plant fibre binding, with coix seeds decorating the surface. [RH [OPS move] 4/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Person: Field collector Henry Nottidge Moseley; Field collector HMS Challenger; PRM source Amabel Nevill Sollas
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1876
Date collected: 1872 - 1876
Acquisition information: Donated: 04/1915 Found unentered: 04/09/2018
Materials and processes: Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Pigment, Material Coix Seed Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Painted, Process Stained
Dimensions: Depth: max 38 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 2172 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.217.1

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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