- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear craved from wood. The head is carved with shallow quadriform barbs, beneath the head the shaft has decorative notches. The shaft tapers towards the butt. [AB [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- 1891
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Stained
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2340 mm, Diameter: max 47 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.23.44
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