Spur

Museum number:
5-3041
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Wooden spur; Mbwangin; piece of wood into which 6 mails have been inset perpendicular to wood; nails lashed together with rawhide; 7 inches long; 2⅛ inches wide; 2.25 inches to spur.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spur, accession number 5-3041, described as Wooden spur; Mbwangin; piece of wood into which 6 mails have been inset perpendicular to wood; nails lashed together with rawhide; 7 inches long; 2⅛ inches wide; 2.25 inches to spur.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spur, accession number 5-3041, described as Wooden spur; Mbwangin; piece of wood into which 6 mails have been inset perpendicular to wood; nails lashed together with rawhide; 7 inches long; 2⅛ inches wide; 2.25 inches to spur.

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