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Ethnological Museum of Berlin Süd- und Südostasien Naga-Sammlung [I C 28597]
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Ceremonial spear

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Description

The spear is for ceremonial purposes and not used in battle
Entry in the main historical catalogue: Naga spear. Material: shaft: wood; tip: iron; wrapping: goat hair. Characteristics: flat tip, set into shaft. Finished off with a two-part wrapping, with a 12 cm space between sections: short hair is attached to the shaft with string to create a velvety covering. Two black rings in the middle of the two sections. A tuft of long hair at the end of the second section. A rounded tip is set in place at the end of the shaft.
Colours: shaft: light brown; goat hair: red/black
Dimensions: total length: 226 cm (shaft: 170 cm, head: 41 cm, tip: 15 cm, wrapping: 69 and 60 cm.)

Collector: Ehlers, Otto Ehrenfried

Material/Technique

Metal; Wood; Goat hair

Measurements

Length: 226 cm

Created Created
1851
Naga people
India
Collected Collected
1892
Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers
1850 1896
Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Object from: Ethnological Museum of Berlin

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