Spear
About this object
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while in the Peruvian Amazon in the mid-1960s.
Physical description
Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the spearhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four small, sharpened barbs along one side.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
Before 1970
Date Acquired
9 May 2014
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 136 cm x 1.1 cm
Object Number
3060/7