Wood and bamboo spear. The long wooden head has eight short tiers of twin barbs at top, with several carved, encircling rings nearer the base. It is inserted into a bamboo shaft, bound with woven rattan and beeswax. Thin lines have been scratched around the shaft towards both ends, as well as jagged lines below the join.

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• Type of Item spear
• Culture Asmat
• Material bamboo grass, wood, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment
• Measurements height 129.5 cm, width 1.5 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 fair
• Accession Number 2948/0168