Spear without blade or butt spike. Long wooden shaft, pointed at each end. The shaft is decorated with two sets of red and black hair alternating in bands. The top set with five bands of longer hair, the bottom set with the remains of a few rows of short tufted hair, and four bands of red dyed hair alternating with four bands of black bristles. The two hair sets separated by a space for a handgrip, with plaited fibre bands by the hair on each side.
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