Spear point

Museum number:
5-15178
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4413
Description:
Spearhead. Iron barbed spearhead. Length 31.2 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Context of use: Collector Kate Delos says used by Lake Chad fisherman but may be from a fighting spear. There is a species of whitefish (locally called "captain"), which grow 4 to 5 feet in length in Lake Chad. This spearhead was collected in the local marketplace and Delos was told that it was used to catch these fish.
Donor:
Bruce Max Feldman and Kate Delos
Collection place:
N'Guigmi market, Lake Chad, Niger
Verbatim coll. place:
Niger; Lake Chad; N'guigmi
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 5-15178, described as Spearhead. Iron barbed spearhead. Length 31.2 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Context of use: Collector Kate Delos says used by Lake Chad fisherman but may be from a fighting spear. There is a species of whitefish (locally called "captain"), which grow 4 to 5 feet in length in Lake Chad. This spearhead was collected in the local marketplace and Delos was told that it was used to catch these fish.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 5-15178, described as Spearhead. Iron barbed spearhead. Length 31.2 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Context of use: Collector Kate Delos says used by Lake Chad fisherman but may be from a fighting spear. There is a species of whitefish (locally called "captain"), which grow 4 to 5 feet in length in Lake Chad. This spearhead was collected in the local marketplace and Delos was told that it was used to catch these fish.

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