Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0001-0004 | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork; Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Spear | |
| Culture | Filipino | |
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Philippines | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1910-1917 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Metal: Steel; Rattan | |
| Description | Spear with long hand forged, double-edged steel blade of lanceolate form with median ridge on both faces, very long, outward flaring basal tangs, and a hafting stem which is inserted into end of long wooden shaft and secured with wide steel ferrule and 5 braided rattan bands and two strips of dyed red rattan wrapping just below the ferrule; Proximal end of staff is tapered and wrapped with a cone-shaped steel cap. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 14.5, Thickness = 2.8, Length = 187.3 | |