Alcheringa Images

Spear, two-part shaft

Prong made from the needle of a young ray.

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Details

Collector/creator
Alexander Yashchenko
Time collected
1903
Location collected
Cairns, Queensland (place of purchaise)
Transfer history
Russian Geographical Society, Saint Petersburg > >
Current museum
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Saint Petersburg
Time deposited to current museum
1905
Current museum number
921-93
Material
Wood, rattan, plant fibre, resin, needle of a ray
Measurements
Length of lower part with binding 50 cm, upper part 196 cm, overall length 246 cm
Source/publication/study
Kabo 1960; Barratt 1982