Five Admiralty Island spears

Five Admiralty Island spears
Melanesia
with obsidian blades, wood, fibre, gum and pigment, two with seeds,
99cm,137.5cm, 158cm, 172cm and 193cm long. (5)

Provenance
Believed to collected by William Naisby - owner of the shipping company Reay & Naisby, based on the Wear near Penshaw, Durham in the 2nd half of the 19th century. They specialised in sourcing exotic woods from South East Asia.