Spear
This long barbed spear is called a sokilaki was acquired sometime before 1845 by Henry Phillpotts who fought and died in New Zealand. The shaft is normally thickened in the centre to offer a balance. The barbs are designed to make the removal of the weapon from the injury extremely difficult.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1616
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Material
- woodfibre
- Common Name
- spear
- Simple Name
- weapon
- Production Country
- Fiji
- Production Year High
- 1845
