Alcheringa Images

Spear shaft

Wooden, hewn shaft made from a crooked stick. At the upper end, a socket has been hollowed to secure the tip. The shaft is split.

Details

Collector/creator
Andrei P. Lazarev
Time collected
1823
Location collected
Hobart, Tasmania
Transfer history
Admiralty Museum, Saint Petersburg > >
Current museum
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Saint Petersburg
Time deposited to current museum
1828
Current museum number
736-278
Material
Wood
Measurements
Length 185.5 cm, diameter 1.7 cm.
Source/publication/study
Barratt 1981