Context (CMS Context)
Register reads for 1886.67.1-36 reads ' Nine spears and darts (one with stone and two with bone points), thirteen spear throwers of various forms, five boomerangs, four clubs, four shields, one bamboo horn' .
E 1886.67.1-9), three of which (E 1886.67.7-9) have since been allocated Z numbers (Z 1250-2). Found: ?North Australia.

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card E 1886.67.5 reads [handwritten in blue ballpoint:] ‘H.M. Brunel Esq 1886.’ Red circular sticker lower right corner of catalogue card.
Event Date 31/10/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card E 1886.67.5 reads [handwritten in blue ballpoint:] ‘1886 67 (5) Australia N? Australia. Spear with reed shaft + hardwood head (0.84m) secured to shaft - which is broken at bottom - with gum + twine. The head has 3 barbs down one side.’
Event Date 31/10/2012
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card E 1886.67.1-9 reads [handwritten in black ink:] ‘E. Australia. 1886.67, (1-9). Nine spears and darts.’; [later addition handwritten in blue ballpoint:] ‘(one with stone and two with bone points.)’
Event Date 31/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card E 1886.67.1-9 reads [handwritten in black ink:] ‘D. * H.M. Brunel Esq. AR. 1886.67, (1-9).’ The Annual Report for 1886, p.3 ‘In those cases in which the objects have not been presented directly, but have been purchased with money subscribed to the Museum Accession Fund, an asterisk is prefixed to the name of the donor.’
[Later addition handwritten in pencil:] ‘9 of these spears have been found. 3 have been given Z nos i.e. Z 1250 Z 1251 + Z 1252; I have not altered the nos on these. The other 6 have been given nos. 1886 67 (1-6) + separate cards have been made for them.’


Event Date 31/10/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (Display)
On display in the Australia case (cases 15 and 16), Maudsley gallery, since 2005. Display label reads: '7. Barbed Spear /E 1886.67.5//Hardwood spears were used for hunting large animals. This spear is secured to a reed staff with twine and gum from the sap of certain species of bushes, trees and grass seeds. //North Australia, 1886 Source: H.M.Brunel

Event Date 10/3/2025
Author: Eve K Haddow

Description (Physical description)
Spear. Hardwood with barbs.
Event Date 10/3/2025
Author: Eve K Haddow