Spear Item Number: C312 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

The tip is coiled with red and yellow plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal upward pointing, a carved band that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a bulbous nose), and a fibre tuft with string underneath. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve with a yellow diagonal line pattern on a red background. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.