Wood and bamboo spear. The long wooden head has been carved with five pairs of perpendicular barbs and a long encircling line, filled with lime. This is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched just below. Near the shaft bottom are remnants of a bright blue fibre or dye.

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• Type of Item spear
• Culture Asmat
• Material bamboo grass, wood, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment, lime pigment
• Measurements height 121.5 cm, width 1.1 cm, depth 1.1 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Lorne Balshine
• Received from Lorne Balshine

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• Made in Papua

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• Collection Date during 1980
• Ownership Date before April 11, 2012
• Acquisition Date on April 11, 2012

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 2948/0154