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Naga
Spear 1800-75
Steel, wood, goat hair | 189.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 37573
Saloon Corridor , Sandringham House
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A spear usually associated with the peoples on the borders of north-eastern India and Burma (now Myanmar). The spear has a long leaf-shaped steel blade in a tubular socket, on a wooden shaft decorated with characteristic tufts of black-, white- and red- dyed goat hair, and with a long, pointed, steel butt.
Provenance
Presented to King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, during his tour of India in 1875-76.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Steel, wood, goat hair
Measurements
189.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm (whole object)
Category
Object type(s)
Place of Production
Assam [India]
