Spear with elongated lozengiform iron blade socketed onto a narrow wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 10/7/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with elongated lozengiform iron blade socketed onto a narrow wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 10/7/2018]
Long description: Spear with elongated lozengiform iron blade socketed onto a narrow wooden shaft. Just below the blade the foreshaft is rectangular in section before expanding into the cylindrical socket. The blade has an incised pattern of lines and cross hatching running longitudinally down the centre, flanked by two circular perforations. [JMC [OPS move] 10/7/2018]
Geographical reference: Gabon
Africa > Central Africa > Gabon; Unknown
Cultural groups: Fang
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected: ?By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Socketed, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 1945 mm, Width: max 60 mm, Depth: max 21 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.19.107 PR Cat other PR nos: 735

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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