Spear with leaf-shaped blade. The wooden shaft is covered with 2 clipped cylindrical masses of red dyed hair with a central black band in each. [ASh [OPS move] 23/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with leaf-shaped blade. The wooden shaft is covered with 2 clipped cylindrical masses of red dyed hair with a central black band in each. [ASh [OPS move] 23/8/2018]
Long description: Spear (Kalyo-Kengu (Makware) with leaf-shaped blade (with Tongkhul pattern blade) having cusped point on each side. The wooden shaft is covered with two clipped cylindrical masses of red dyed hair with a central black band in each. Long fringe at the end of the ornamented section. Socketed butt spike at the end of the spear shaft. [ASh [OPS move] 23/8/2018]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Khiamniungan Naga; Tangkhul Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Process Decorated, Process Dyed, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 68 mm, Length: max 2260 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.40

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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