- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden spear with bone barbs and red coloured and natural plant fibre binding. [AFS [OPS move] 3/7/2018]
- Long description
- Wooden spear with bone barbs and red coloured and natural plant fibre binding. There are two sections of red and natural coloured plant fibre plaited binding with a zigzag design; one section beneath the barbs and the other where the head meets the spear shaft. There is a carved section, with 2 stylised human faces, with white pigment. Beneath this is a expanding plant fibre section. The spear shaft tapers towards the terminal. Some of the bone barbs have broken off, and the tip appears to have broken. [AFS [OPS move] 3/7/2018]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- 1891
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Pteropus Bone Animal, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Painted, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 38 mm, Length: max 3010 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.23.89
1938.23.89
Wooden spear with bone barbs and red coloured and natural plant fibre binding. [AFS [OPS move] 3/7/2018]
1938.23.89
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