Spear shaft

Museum number:
5-2979
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002979
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Spear; Iwanga; wooden shaft; socketed, 4 sided, barbed iron head; 84 inches long.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Vande Ikya, Benue State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Tiv; Vande Ikya
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear shaft, accession number 5-2979, described as Spear; Iwanga; wooden shaft; socketed, 4 sided, barbed iron head; 84 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear shaft, accession number 5-2979, described as Spear; Iwanga; wooden shaft; socketed, 4 sided, barbed iron head; 84 inches long.

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