The George Brown Collection
Inventory No H0139250
Object Name SPEAR
Collector Name REV GEORGE BROWN
Location SOLOMON ISLANDS?
Date of Coll. 1860-1907
Category WARFARE
Materials WOOD, BONE, RESIN, VEG. FIBRE, COLOURING
Description WOODEN SPEAR WITH BONE-BARBED HEAD BOUND, GUMMED AND COLOURED WITH RED AND WHITE PIGMENT. INCISED, LIME-FILLED ANTHROPOMORPHIC DECORATION AT BASE OF HEAD. SHAFT ENCASED IN ELABORATELY WOVEN RED AND YELLOW VEG. FIBRE.
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