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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, attached to the shaft. Then wrapped in two parts: cord with short hair, attached to the shaft to create a velvet-like covering. In the last third of the 1st part, the short hair is interrupted by a ring of black hair. At the end of the 2nd part, a tuft of long hair. Round end tip attached. Colours: Shaft: light brown; goat hair: red - black Dimensions: Total length: 271 cm (shaft: 197 cm, tip: 57.5 cm, end tip: 16.5 cm, wrapping: 71 and 58 cm).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Naga
Object type
Javelin
Dimensions
Länge: 271,5 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28591

Provenance and sources

where
India [Land/Region]
who
Naga

who
Eduard von Ohlendorff - Former Possessors

Description
Donation from Eduard von Ohlendorff 1896

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