Spear
Physical description
Long ceremonial spear made of wood. A long sharp point, painted dark orange, flares into a head delicately carved into five thin, down-pointing blades and two thicker up-pointing blades, on each side. An elongated hole had been carved between the two up-pointing blades. The blades are elaborately painted in multiple colours, with patterns of lines, dots and colour blocks. The shaft is very long, thin, relatively straight, and ends in a tapered point. It is painted orange.
Categories
Date Made
Before 1947
Date Acquired
18 Oct 2011
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 173 cm x 10 cm x 2.1 cm
Object Number
2919/3