Spike-like object

Museum number:
5-7838
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007838
Accession number:
Acc.2508
Description:
bone spike-like object with convex top; incised and darkened circle and dot designs on both sides of handle; incised herringbone along edges of lower half; tip broken; length: 12.7 cm.
Donor:
Leo Verwilghen and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Congo; Ba-Lega (Wa-Rega)
Culture or time period:
Ba Lega
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spike-like object, accession number 5-7838, described as bone spike-like object with convex top; incised and darkened circle and dot designs on both sides of handle; incised herringbone along edges of lower half; tip broken; length: 12.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spike-like object, accession number 5-7838, described as bone spike-like object with convex top; incised and darkened circle and dot designs on both sides of handle; incised herringbone along edges of lower half; tip broken; length: 12.7 cm.

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