Wood and bamboo spear. The long wooden head has seven tiers of twin barbs, increasing in size toward the base. It is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. Long X shapes are carved into shaft, and thin lines scratched around it at top. Columns of short lines have been scratched in the butt on three sides.

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• Type of Item spear
• Culture Asmat
• Material bamboo grass, wood, rattan, resin, ochre pigment
• Measurements height 125.0 cm, width 1.0 cm, depth 1.0 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 2948/0166