Spear Item Number: Ie403 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spear (a) with sheath (b). Spear (a) has a long steel lanceolate-shaped blade, shiny with some tarnish and etched lines echoing its shape. Blade is connected to a shaft by a corroded metal fitting. The shaft appears to be a broom handle wrapped with bark. At one end the bark has uncoiled. The black sheath (b) is two pieces of wood held together by five bands of metal wrapped and beaten together. Nose and eye shapes are incised into the wood to achieve a bird-like face. The narrow end is carved with a geometric design.
Cultural Context
hunting
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by William H. Birmingham before March 21, 1980
- Received from William H. Birmingham (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on March 21, 1980
What
- Name
- Spear
- Identification Number
- Ie403 a-b
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- metal, bark, wood and steel metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, pierced, stained, beaten, incised, cut, etched, wrapped and sharpened
- Overall
- height 125.5 cm, width 6.2 cm, depth 4.0 cm
- Part A
- height 123.8 cm, width 5.4 cm, depth 4.0 cm
- Part B
- height 42.1 cm, width 6.2 cm, depth 2.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- William H. Birmingham
- Received from
- William H. Birmingham (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 21, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on March 21, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0620/0020