Spear

Museum number:
5-17027
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050017027
Alternate number:
EC-79 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Carved wooden device with a long, spear point shaped device on one end and a dart-like point with "wings" on the other. Part of the equipment of a man convicted in Southern Province of acting as a witch finder.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Zambia
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters and width 3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-17027, described as Carved wooden device with a long, spear point shaped device on one end and a dart-like point with "wings" on the other. Part of the equipment of a man convicted in Southern Province of acting as a witch finder.

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