Spear
Spears were the main fighting weapon on the Solomon Islands and were used for thrusting and throwing. They were usually made of palm wood and construction sometimes included multiple barbs carved from bone or wood which was fixed to the head with an adhesive gum.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 89/1934/10
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- MELAN
- Material
- wood
- Common Name
- spear
- Simple Name
- spear
- Production County
- Bougainville
- Production Country
- Solomon Islands
- Production Year High
- 1934
