Long bamboo and wood spear. The long wooden head has nine barbs that increase in size as they near the shaft, each approximately 120 degrees around from the previous one. This is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join, below which is a horizontal line scratched into the bamboo. 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
• Measurements height 99.5 cm, width 1.5 cm, depth 1.3 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 2948/0163