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O'e no te tama'i

human history
  • Other Name

    Spear point (English)

  • Description

    O'e no te tama'i. Spear point. This o'e no te tama'i (spear point) is carved from ra'au (hardwood), its shaft is long and cylindrical. It is carved to a point at one end, and carved at a slanted incline at the opposite with an additional carved feature of six barbs arranged in a cuff around the shaft. There is a band of decorative light relief carving around the shaft. The o'e no te tama'i is well polished and dark reddish brown in colour.

  • Place
    Austral Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1950.128
  • Accession Date
    04 Jul 1950
  • Other Id

    31547 (ethnology)

    393 (Oldman Collection)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • point, spear, 1950.128, 31547, 393, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
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