Staff with iron spear-point, point is square in section, but head is otherwise octagonal in section, socked to a shaft decorated with burnt lozenge pattern. [VS [OPS move] 28/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Staff with iron spear-point, point is square in section, but head is otherwise octagonal in section, socked to a shaft decorated with burnt lozenge pattern. [VS [OPS move] 28/8/2018]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Cultural groups: Nkole
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 19 mm, Length: max 2072 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.101.5
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8