Spear; hardwood shaft stained red, has carved point attached with gum, which is smeared with white pigment; carved point has four pairs of barb arranged symmetrically along shaft, with dogs at base of point. Used in 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:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control