Accession No

TEMP.00099


Description

Wooden spear with ?hafted conical point, bound with 2-ply twisted plant fibre, and remains of lime. With projecting ring of plant fibre tufts, ?reddish, at base of binding. Narrowed at base, with remains of strips of plant fibre, ?vine/cane.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; New Britain


Period


Source

Stevens Sale


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00099


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Found unaccessioned and labelled in pencil on old paper label adhered to shaft: 'New Britain/ 12 [may read 22]/ 2 J Steven's Sale'.
Event Date 30/3/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Wooden spear with ?hafted conical point, bound with 2-ply twisted plant fibre, and remains of lime. With projecting ring of plant fibre tufts, ?reddish, at base of binding. Narrowed at base, with remains of strips of plant fibre, ?vine/cane.
Event Date 30/3/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Wooden spear, small wooden point hafted to distal end, proximal end tapers. Small amount of binding at proximal end, binding and plant fibre where wooden point is hafted onto tip, tip limed? Tapers both ends, distal end with hafted wooden point. wooden point slightly damaged. Details and dimensions noted by Annemieke Milks, PhD candidate, Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
Event Date 14/8/2015
Author: maa


FM:268028

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