Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0001-0007 | |
| 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 large, hand forged, double-edged steel blade with median ridge on both faces and very deeply cut basal notches that form prominent slightly flared basal tangs; Long hafting stem is inserted into expanded distal end of long wooden shaft and wrapped with one very wide and two narrower braided rattan bands and a strip of dyed red rattan wrapping; Proximal end of shaft is tapered to a point but does not appear to have been fitted with a steel end cap. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.9, Thickness = 4.0, Length = 173.2 | |