Moto

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Moto. Spear. Carved from kau (wood) into a long cylindrical shaft that narrows to both ends. The spear is undecorated, however 54cm of head shows signs of previous sennit wrapping. The head has one side flattened to facilitate tying on a barb of some sort - presumably a stingray tail-spike which is now missing. The spear is broken at the tail end. The spear is red brown in colour with some surface patina.

Last Update: 5 Jul 2019
Other Name

Spear (English)

Place
Vanua Levu/Vanua Levu Group/Fiji
Accession Date

1924

Other Id

14783 (ethnology)

O54 (Edge-Partington)

Department

Pacific

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Moto; 14783, O54; Photographed by Richard Ng; digital; 11 Dec 2017; Cultural Permissions Apply
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