- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stained wood spear with carved pointed tip, ending in a section of bark cloth. The butt of the spear has bound feathers, arranged to create a bulbous end. [VS [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
- Long description
- Stained wood spear with carved pointed tip, ending in a section of bark cloth. The butt of the spear has bound feathers, arranged to create a bulbous end. The plant fibre is built up in layers, including palm leaves, to increase the diameter of the spear. [VS [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
- Geographical reference
- New Britain Bismarck Archipelago
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1904
- Date collected
- Before 1904
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1904
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Process Fletched
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 107 mm, Length: max 2310 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1904.48.22
- Research and responses
John Crace Stevens died in 1859, his Auction Rooms by this time were being run by his son, Henry Stevens, see biographies [AP 06/08/2009]
1904.48.22
Stained wood spear with carved pointed tip, ending in a section of bark cloth. The butt of the spear has bound feathers, arranged to create a bulbous end. [VS [OPS move] 21/8/2018]
1904.48.22
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