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Description: | Ceremonial spear with a forked wooden head, from which a human bone point has been removed, although the coconut fibre binding to secure it remains in place. The neck of the spear widens to a highly abstracted janiform carving with accentuated nostrils. The shaft is of stout bamboo, and has been cut down 385mm below the chin.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn2384
caption: Detail view of head of Horniman Museum object no nn2384 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | spears (ceremonial weapons) wood plant fibre | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-50621 | Go to resource |
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