Spear metal head

Museum number:
5-2915
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002915
Accession number:
Acc.1720
Description:
Spear; Bara; cane shaft; leaf-shaped hand forged blade, socketed, twisted iron around butt end.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear metal head, accession number 5-2915, described as Spear; Bara; cane shaft; leaf-shaped hand forged blade, socketed, twisted iron around butt end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear metal head, accession number 5-2915, described as Spear; Bara; cane shaft; leaf-shaped hand forged blade, socketed, twisted iron around butt end.

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