Accession No
1951.1024
Description
Spear - Multibarbed spear, about 9 1/2 feet long, of dark wood tapering to the butt. There are six groups of five barbs lashed onto the head. The shaft thickens just below the head and is decorated with carving for about 5. 1/2 ins, below which the shaft is encased in 4 ins of black and brown woven cane, or grass.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Mead, A. R. (Rev.)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1951.1024
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Cane?; Grass?
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(bio) Rev. A.R. Mead Catalogue card note: “No certain provenance, but probably Solomon Islands.”
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Multibarbed spear, about 9 1/2 feet long, of dark wood tapering to the butt. There are six groups of five barbs lashed onto the head. The shaft thickens just below the head and is decorated with carving for about 5. 1/2 ins, below which the shaft is encased in 4 ins of black and brown woven cane, or grass.
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa
FM:265038
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