Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0143-0810 | |
| Category | Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Spear | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | Distal fragment of spear, consisting of heavy, cylindrical shaft that expands slightly toward distal end before tapering to blunt point; Series of 4 V-shaped longitudinal grooves carved into distal end (forming 4 median ridges) for placement of elongated spear points; 3 holes located along outer edge of 2 of the grooves, probably for hafting spear points. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 1.0, Max Diam = 4.4, Length = 151.9 | |