Spear

Museum number:
10-656
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100000656
Accession number:
Acc.494
Description:
Spear; large steel blade with outcurving points at base; wrapped with basketry work just above base of blade; steel tip; 80” L.
Donor:
Mrs. R. E. Fisk
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Ifugao
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1915
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear, accession number 10-656, described as Spear; large steel blade with outcurving points at base; wrapped with basketry work just above base of blade; steel tip; 80” L.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear, accession number 10-656, described as Spear; large steel blade with outcurving points at base; wrapped with basketry work just above base of blade; steel tip; 80” L.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 10-656, described as Spear; large steel blade with outcurving points at base; wrapped with basketry work just above base of blade; steel tip; 80” L.

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