Spear Item Number: C293 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

The point has seven 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 grass sleeve with yellow diagonal line pattern on a red background, a carved band that is emphasized with white pigment and that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, and a double upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a horizontal zig zag pattern. Red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeves. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.