Spear

Museum number:
5-2632
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Finishing spear; wooden shaft; rectangular tapered point with barbs on all sides.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Balovale and Lozi tribes
Culture or time period:
Balovale
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S1972-1973 #101: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (May 29, 1973–May 29, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-2632, described as Finishing spear; wooden shaft; rectangular tapered point with barbs on all sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-2632, described as Finishing spear; wooden shaft; rectangular tapered point with barbs on all sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-2632, described as Finishing spear; wooden shaft; rectangular tapered point with barbs on all sides.

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