Spear

Museum number:
11-39619
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Accession number:
Acc.2431
Description:
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.
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:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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.

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