Alcheringa Images

Spear, three-part shaft

Spear with wooden prong.

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
921-94
Material
Wood, rattan, plant fibre, resin
Measurements
Length of lower part with binding 64 cm, central part with binding 101 cm, upper part 44.5 cm, overall length 209.5 cm
Source/publication/study
Kabo 1960; Barratt 1982