Spear broken in to two pieces. With a wood shaft, socketed long leaf-shaped iron blade and ornamented butt with socketed iron point and two ornamental slots. [RH [OPS move] 5/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear broken in to two pieces. With a wood shaft, socketed long leaf-shaped iron blade and ornamented butt with socketed iron point and two ornamental slots. [RH [OPS move] 5/9/2018]
Long description: Spear broken in to two pieces. With a wood shaft, socketed long narrow leaf-shaped ogee iron blade with incised shank and coiled iron below. The butt consisting of a socketed iron point with a rounded triangular blade with two ornamental slots above and coiled iron above the shank attached to a warped shaft section. The spear is cut along the shaft, and there appears to be a piece of the shaft missing. [RH [OPS move] 5/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; south Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Perforated, Process Coiled
Dimensions: Depth: max 32 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 1793 mm total, Length: max 946 mm longest piece
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1740 Other numbers: 120802