Spearhead
- Museum number:
- 11-39683
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110039683
- Accession number:
- Acc.2431
- Description:
- Spear head, broken off of shaft; carved lanceolate shape attached to shaft remnant with native fiber and gum; painted design with red and white pigments.
- Donor:
- W. Sprott Boyd
- Collection place:
- Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
- Culture or time period:
- Tiwi people (N20)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Accession date:
- 1968
- Department:
- Oceania
- Images:
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