Spear Item Number: C308 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, a double upward pointing nose, and a curvi-linear body outline), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a horizontal zig zag and linear pattern. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.