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, belo...
Bamboo and wood spear. The wooden head has a flattened side with eight pairs of barbs, increasing in size towards its base. This is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join and the nodules have been shaved down. Ochre pigment...
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 sh...
Wood and bamboo spear. A long, thin, pointed wooden head is carved with several barbs and is inserted into a bamboo shaft where it is bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched here and at the butt. The bamboo nodules h...
Long wood and bamboo spear. Wooden head is long and concave, with carved lines encircling the piece in three areas. The head is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched near it as well...
Arrow has a concave bamboo head, dyed on the interior and bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved, repeating patterns emphasized with lime. It is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and secured with rattan and beeswax. This lower shaft has ...
Bamboo and wood spear. The bamboo head is long and concave, dyed on the interior and tip, and bound to a narrow upper shaft made of wood with string and beeswax. This is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and secured with rattan and beeswax. Both of these binds show traces of lime. The ...
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...
Long bamboo spear. A carved bone head with eight barbs in two staggered rows, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved diagonal patterns filled with lime and is inserted into a larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft ha...
Wood and bamboo spear. The long wooden head has been carved with five pairs of perpendicular barbs and a long encircling line, filled with lime. This is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been ...