- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear with elaborately barbed head. [RH [OPS move] 30/7/2018]
- Long description
- Slender wooden spear, tapering to a point at both ends. The head is carved with open triangular projections on both sides of the point, which graduate down in size towards the tip. At the base of the head the openwork projection is trapezoid shaped. [RH [OPS move] 30/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Manus Province Aua Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921?, uncertain
- Date collected
- Probably 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1741 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Depth: max 16 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.51.50
1924.51.50
Spear with elaborately barbed head. [RH [OPS move] 30/7/2018]
1924.51.50
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