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1886.1.1393.1

Spear head, sawn off from the shaft. (For the associated shaft see 1886.1.1393.2)

1886.1.1393.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear head, sawn off from the shaft. (For the associated shaft see 1886.1.1393.2)
Long description
Spear head, sawn off from the shaft. (For the associated shaft see 1886.1.1393.2). The wooden spear head tapers to a point. For much of the length, a series of bone barbs are held in place by plant fibre binding coated in red and white pigment. Beneath this is a section of anthropomorphic carving, filled in with white pigment, and some yellow cane binding.
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1875, uncertain Date made: 1875, uncertain
Date collected
?On or before 1875
Acquisition information
Transferred: 13/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bone, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length 640 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.1393.1
Research and responses

Please note that there is no further information about Chambers on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 23/3/2004]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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