Spear

Museum number:
5-3057
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Spear; Bara; cane shaft with length of twisted metal on butt end; leaf-shaped socketed steel point; 52.5 inches.
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
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-3057, described as Spear; Bara; cane shaft with length of twisted metal on butt end; leaf-shaped socketed steel point; 52.5 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-3057, described as Spear; Bara; cane shaft with length of twisted metal on butt end; leaf-shaped socketed steel point; 52.5 inches.

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