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Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Gift of Charles A. Schieren
Long, pointed hand axe. Flattened oval shape overall. There are some areas of polish, particularly near the blade end. The blade’s edge is rough.
Wooden spear. The bamboo shaft is joined to a carved wooden spear point and bound at the juncture with a small section of woven plant fibre. The carved spear point is quite long and consists of five large sets of barbs, three smaller, rounder sets of barbs and a thin point. The carved spear point holds a fine layer of mud adhering to the barbs.
Wooden spear. The spear is made from bamboo with a carved wooden point. The connection between the shaft and the carved, barbed wooden spear point is wrapped in a small stretch of thin interwoven plant fibres. The wooden point is carved near the tip with five large sets of barbs, four smaller, rounded barbs and a thin, long point.