Wood and bamboo spear. Bamboo head is long and concave, pointed at tip, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and beeswax. This is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and held with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the shaft just below this. Although the nodules have been shaved for a smoother shaft the sections of the bamboo are still pronounced.

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• Type of Item spear
• Culture Asmat
• Material bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment
• Measurements height 125.0 cm, width 1.9 cm, depth 1.2 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 2948/0156