Spear

Museum number:
10-2268
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.541
Description:
Pointed metal bladed spear; palmwood shaft; 3 bands plaited rattan; 1 wound red rattan around the grip; point flat, 2 deep tangs with curved tips; about 79½ inches long
Donor:
Roy Franklin Barton
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Ifugao
Collector:
Roy Franklin Barton
Collection date:
before 1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1918
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 10-2268, described as Pointed metal bladed spear; palmwood shaft; 3 bands plaited rattan; 1 wound red rattan around the grip; point flat, 2 deep tangs with curved tips; about 79½ inches long

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