Omore
human history
Omore. Spear. Carved from ra'au (hardwood) into a long cylindrical shaft with a double carved flange preceding the matai (spear head) which is diamond in section and carved into a flat diamond-shaped blade. The blade has a raised central ridge running the length of the blade, both sides. A crack in the wood is visible on the side edge of the blade. The two carved flanges are incised with a repeated chevron pattern, with a loss from one of the flanges. The omore is dark in colour with a glossy patina.
Accession number: 1950.128 Last Update: 18 Jun 2018
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Spear (English)
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1950.128
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04 Jul 1950
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31959 (ethnology)
448f (Oldman Collection)
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