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.
Donor:
W. Sprott Boyd
Collection place:
Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Tiwi people (N20)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control