Wooden man catcher. Consists of a main pole, made from a recycled spear, which is bound to a piece of bamboo that has been bent into an oval loop. [EH [OPS Move] 18/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden man catcher. Consists of a main pole, made from a recycled spear, which is bound to a piece of bamboo that has been bent into an oval loop. [EH [OPS Move] 18/4/2017]
Long description: Wooden man catcher. Consists of a main pole, made from a recycled spear. The spear handle is made of bamboo, is incised with three sets of three parallel lines at the handle end, and has a section of woven plant fibre near the head. The head is pointed, with incised notches. A piece of bamboo is curved around the head of the spear to form an oval loop, and is bound to the spear with plant fibre, twisted string and basketry. [EH [OPS Move] 18/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: By 1907
Acquisition information: Donated: 1907
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material String Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Recycled, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied, Process Incised, Process Woven
Dimensions: Diameter: max 225 mm loop, Length: max 2068 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1907.1.25

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