Alcheringa Images

Spear, two-part shaft

Spear with iron bar.

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
921-92
Material
Wood, rattan, plant fibre, resin, iron
Measurements
Length of lower part with binding 160 cm, upper part with prong 99 cm, overall length 259 cm, length of the iron bar 13 cm
Source/publication/study
Kabo 1960; Barratt 1982