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Javelin

Entry in the historical main catalogue: Spear of the Naga Entry in historical catalogue:Characteristics: Flat point, pinned to the shaft. Wrapping afterwards, in two parts: Short red goat hair, attached to the shaft with string to form a velvet-like cover. The second part is 10 cm apart. Both parts have a ring of black hair at the beginning and are interrupted by another black ring. The end consists of a tuft of long, red hair. A square tip is attached to the end of the shaft. Colours: shaft light brown, goat hair: red-black. Dimensions: Total length: 258 cm (shaft: 189 cm, tip: 42.5 cm, end tip: 27 cm, wrapping: 65.5 and 58 cm).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Naga
Object type
Javelin
Dimensions
Länge: 253 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron, Hair (goat)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28588

Provenance and sources

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

who
Eduard von Ohlendorff - Former Possessors

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