Ceremonial spear

Museum number:
11-39614
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2431
Description:
Spear, ceremonial; carved hardwood shaft covered with red ochre, has carved point with 8 pairs of barbs; point painted with dot motif of white and yellow ochres; fiber and gum section below point; fiver wrapped around lower handle. Carried by men in ritual dances.
Donor:
W. Sprott Boyd
Collection place:
Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Tiwi people (N20)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ceremonial spear, accession number 11-39614, described as Spear, ceremonial; carved hardwood shaft covered with red ochre, has carved point with 8 pairs of barbs; point painted with dot motif of white and yellow ochres; fiber and gum section below point; fiver wrapped around lower handle. Carried by men in ritual dances.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ceremonial spear, accession number 11-39614, described as Spear, ceremonial; carved hardwood shaft covered with red ochre, has carved point with 8 pairs of barbs; point painted with dot motif of white and yellow ochres; fiber and gum section below point; fiver wrapped around lower handle. Carried by men in ritual dances.

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