- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear. The head has outward pointing spikes. The shaft is wood bound with iron and copper alloy strip and a tapered iron butt. [PH [OPS move] 4/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Lomami River
- Cultural groups
- Topoke
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1910
- Date collected
- By 1910
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1910
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 21 mm, Length: max 1558 mm, Width: max 115 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1910.51.2
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