Spear Item Number: 3060/10 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long double headed spear. Shaft (part a) is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until its proximal end, where it narrows to join with the spear neck. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection, as well as at the shaft’s distal end. The spear neck (together with heads constitute part b) is made up of two long pieces of dark brown wood, lashed together near their base, then separating. An iron head tops each shaft. Heads are thin, rusted, and have a single large barb pointing down and to the outside.
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
- 3060/10 a-b
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- cane grass ?, wood, fibre and iron metal
- Overall
- height 170.0 cm, width 4.7 cm, depth 1.3 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3060/0010 a-b