Bamboo shaft with an obsidian blade. The narrow blade, with missing point, is attached to the shaft with black resin. [DV [OPS move] 3/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo shaft with an obsidian blade. The narrow blade, with missing point, is attached to the shaft with black resin. [DV [OPS move] 3/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Person: Field collector John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear; Field collector HMS Challenger; Field collector HMS Alert; Field collector HMS Flying Fish; PRM source Julia Maclear
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: 1873 - 1876 [Challenger] and 1879 - 1891 [other surveying work]
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Obsidian Stone
Dimensions: Width: max 27 mm, Depth: max 22 mm, Length: max 840 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.30.15

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

Further items to explore