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Large four-pronged spear. The shaft is made from dark wood, probably palm wood, which tapers into a point at the bottom end. The top of the shaft is bound to the four prongs with plaited coconut fibre which extends down to cover around a third of the shaft dispersed with yellow coloured leaf fibre forming a distinctive striped pattern, the prongs themselves are elaborately carved to form barbs along most of their length.
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