Long wood and bamboo spear. The long, carved wooden head contains three sections of encircling lines, equidistant from each other, with remnants of lime in the crevices. The head is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. A thin line has been scratched around the shaft near both the join and the butt. The bamboo’s nodules have been shaved smooth.

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• Type of Item spear
• Culture Asmat
• Material bamboo grass, wood, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment, lime pigment
• Measurements height 125.5 cm, width 1.0 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 2948/0161