Spear made from palm wood, with a pointed tip and expanding butt, followed by a protrusion of carved bands. The butt has traces of white paint. [VS [OPS move] 20/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear made from palm wood, with a pointed tip and expanding butt, followed by a protrusion of carved bands. The butt has traces of white paint. [VS [OPS move] 20/8/2018]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago
Person: Field collector H.A. Tufnell; Field collector Henry Archibald Tufnell; Field collector Sir William MacGregor; PRM source Henry Anson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1899
Date collected: By 1899
Acquisition information: Donated: 1899.
Materials and processes: Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 28 mm, Length: max 2372 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1899.62.636
Research and responses: There is a photograph in the Photos Archive of New Britain or New Ireland spears collected by Tufnell (1998.186.21 .3). This object may feature in one of them. [CF 15/5/2001]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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