Spear; hardwood shaft has carved point attached with gum which is smeared white white pigment; point has ten barb; gum at shaft base. 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:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control