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Start Over Object class Weapons Accession number Acc.2431 Function 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39607, described as Spear; hardwood shaft is stained red, has carved point attached with gum, which is smeared with white pigment; point has five barbs with white in interstices. Used for fighting and hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39649, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39617, described as Spear; red stained hardwood shaft has point attached with fiver and gum; point has eight sharply downturned barbs; lower end of shaft colored white. Used for fighting and hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39599, described as Spear; shaft of red-dyed wood has carved hardwood point attached with gum, which is smeared with white substance; gum at end of shaft; point has two sets of opposed barbs and one barb below these. Used in fighting, but also for hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39604, described as Spear; hardwood shaft stained red, has carved point attached with gum which is smeared with white pigment; point has eight barbs. Used in fighting and hunting.
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39619, described as Spear; red stained hardwood shaft has points (2) attached with fiber and gum which are smeared with white pigment; each point has 7 barbs and the pair are set at opposite angles to one another. Used for fighting and hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39651, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39603, described as Spear; hardwood shaft stained red, has carved point attached with gum, which is smeared with white pigment; carved point has four pairs of barb arranged symmetrically along shaft, with dogs at base of point. Used in fighting and hunting.
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39606, described as Spear; hardwood shaft stained red, has carved point attached with gum which is smeared with white pigment; point has no barbs, but has openwork arched structure in place of barb. Used for fighting and hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-39600, described as Spear; shaft of red-stained wood; carved hardwood point attached to shaft with gum which is smeared with white substance; gum at shaft base; point carved with five barbs. Used for fighting and for hunting.

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