Spear Thrower Item Number: Ie375 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bamboo tube, cut open more than a third of its length, which is undecorated but pierced by a hole near one end. Wood hook is carved like a bird profile, with incised 'eyes', 'crest', 'beak', and 'body marks'. The hook is bound to the tube with fibre. Painted brown but the pigment is worn off the bamboo on the sides and the underside.
History Of Use
Used to throw spears.
Cultural Context
hunting
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by Alan F. Pierce before March 21, 1980
- Received from Alan F. Pierce (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on March 21, 1980
What
- Name
- Spear Thrower
- Identification Number
- Ie375
- Type of Item
- spear thrower
- Material
- bamboo grass, fibre, charcoal and wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, bound, painted, incised and cut
- Overall
- height 65.3 cm, width 5.5 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Alan F. Pierce
- Received from
- Alan F. Pierce (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
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0619/0020