arrow 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. A thin strand of fibre is wound many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four large, sharpened barbs carved at distal end.

• 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, peruvian walnut wood, fibre
• Measurements height 147.5 cm, width 1.7 cm, depth 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 3060/0008