Spear head of two pieces of wood bound together at the handle with two bone points facing inwards. [MJD 06/05/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear head of two pieces of wood bound together at the handle with two bone points facing inwards. [MJD 06/05/2009]
Long description: Spear head of two pieces of wood bound together at the handle with two bone points facing inwards. It resembles a wooden clothes peg. One each piece of wood below the bone points is a perforation. [MJD 06/05/2009]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; NW Coast
Cultural groups: Native American
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1878
Date collected: By 1878
Acquisition information: Transferred: 09/02/1886
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bone, Material String, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Width: max 138 mm, Length: max 494 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.1645 Other numbers: 596
Research and responses: Ramsden No. 596. [from original computer entry]. Note that this object is not mentioned in Collectors VIII Ramsden [AP 21/7/99]