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Javelin

Entry in the main historical catalogue: Spear of the Naga Entry in historical catalogue: Material: shaft: wood; points: Iron; Wrapping: Goat hair Characteristics: Flat point, pinned to the shaft. Wrapping: Cord wound tightly around the shaft, through which a row of hairs was pulled at certain intervals so that they lay on top of each other like roof tiles. Approx. 2/3 are red and without pattern. The rest is black, bordered by a white ring of hair at the beginning and end. In the centre of this part, there is a pattern; divided into 6 equal longitudinal parts, 3 continuous black and 3 stripes of red-white-red. A red row forms the end. A square tip is attached to the end of the shaft. Colours: Shaft: light brown; goat hair: red-black Dimensions: Total length: 237 cm (shaft: 137.5 cm, tip: 65 cm, end tip: 34.5 cm, wrapping: 85 cm).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Naga
Object type
Javelin
Dimensions
Länge: 237 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28598

Provenance and sources

when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
India [Land]
who
Naga

who
Eduard von Ohlendorff - Former Possessors

Description
Donation from Eduard von Ohlendorff 1896

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