Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the spearhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four small, sharpened barbs along one side.

• Narrative

  Collected by Mavis Balshaw while in the Peruvian Amazon in the mid-1960s.

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• Type of Item spear
• Culture Shipibo
• Material cane grass, wood, fibre
• Measurements height 136.0 cm, diameter 1.1 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Mavis Balshaw, Sheila Petrie
• Received from Sheila Petrie

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• Made in Peru

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• Creation Date before 1970
• Ownership Date before May 9, 2014
• Acquisition Date on May 9, 2014

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3060/0007