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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