Spear with cane shaft and six barbed wooden points with serrated edges, bound to the shaft with bands of plaited plant fibre and cane. [RH [OPS move] 17/7/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with cane shaft and six barbed wooden points with serrated edges, bound to the shaft with bands of plaited plant fibre and cane. [RH [OPS move] 17/7/2018]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; San Cristobal
Person: Field collector Frederick Henry Drew; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Frederick Henry Drew
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: By 1911
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Split, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 2028 mm, Width: max 92 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.5.1

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