Spear Item Number: C291 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and seven 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 is emphasized with white pigment and that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, and a triple upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a smaller 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.