Spearhead
At the base of the tip are six ornamental barbs carved in the form of rosettes with tassels. There is no clear evidence of how these were used. Collected before 1874.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1797
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Material
- hardwood
- Common Name
- spearhead
- Simple Name
- spearhead
- Production County
- Marquesas Islands or Austral Islands
- Production Country
- French Polynesia (Overseas Collectivity of France)
- Production Year High
- 1874
