Accession No
1937.1184.2
Description
Trident handle or shaft with spike at end. Length of worked bamboo with a square socket at one end for the trident head; iron spike set into the butt; nodes partially flattened. End of spike is bent.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Odisha; Mayurbhanj; Karanjia
Period
Source
Samson, Otto William (Dr) [field collector]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
MAA: TEMP.00584.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Wood; Cane; Bamboo
Local Term
Measurements
980mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Samson.Dr.O
Event Date 1936
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1937.1184[.1-2]: 'Iron trident mounted in long bamboo handle, with spike at other end. Head in form of one large blade, with smaller one at either side. Used for bear or panther'
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for TEMP.00584.2: 'Piece of bamboo [with an] iron spike protruding from one end.'
Event Date 3/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Trident handle or shaft with spike at end. Length of worked bamboo with a square socket at one end for the trident head; iron spike set into the butt; nodes partially flattened. End of spike is bent.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:324750
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