Spear Item Number: 3060/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
arrow Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the spearhead. A thin strand of fibre is wound many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four large, sharpened barbs carved at distal end.
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while in the Peruvian Amazon in the mid-1960s.
Item History
- Made in Peru before 1970
- Owned by Mavis Balshaw
- Owned by Sheila Petrie before May 9, 2014
- Received from Sheila Petrie (Donor) on May 9, 2014
What
- Name
- Spear
- Identification Number
- 3060/8
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- cane grass ?, peruvian walnut wood ? and fibre
- Overall
- height 147.5 cm, width 1.7 cm, depth 1.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Shipibo
- Previous Owner
- Mavis Balshaw and Sheila Petrie
- Received from
- Sheila Petrie (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1970
- Ownership Date
- before May 9, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on May 9, 2014
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3060/0008