Spear Item Number: C516 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long, plain, tapered, red-brown wood shaft. Long barbed point with traces of red pigment. The point has three hooked barbs along the upper portion and four hooked barbs along the lower portion all along one side with a single barb on the opposite end of the lower portion of barbs and a geometric figure-eight design at the base.
Item History
- Made in Pacific Islands before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Eastern Melanesian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Pacific Islands
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/0881