Wooden shafted spear with hafted metal head. The head has a spike, rectangular in section and is bound with red cloth. [DV [OPS move] 6/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden shafted spear with hafted metal head. The head has a spike, rectangular in section and is bound with red cloth. [DV [OPS move] 6/8/2018]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Nicobar Islands
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: Before 1886
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Textile, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 43 mm, Depth: max 23 mm, Length: max 1636 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.11.6 Other numbers: 22
Research and responses: On the donor card it says 'The Nicobar collections came in two ways 1. via the University Museum transfer in 1886 and via General Pitt Rivers own collections ... Donations volume 1 pages 12 - 15 which lists those objects given by Man to the University Museum and then transferred to PRM in 1886; with retrospective numbers', all objects need to be carefully matched against entries and where uncertain both Objects PRM and the PR catalogue entries examined to ensure the right entry has been chosen [AP 2/9/99]

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