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1939.3.136.1

Ivory model spear decorated with two pairs of red rings. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/3/2005]

1939.3.136.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ivory model spear decorated with two pairs of red rings. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/3/2005]
Geographical reference
Malawi
Africa > Eastern Africa > Malawi
Nkhotakota
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1935 Acquired: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 310 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1939.3.136.1
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Three letters from Mrs. [?Faith] Piercy to Thomas Penniman and Beatrice Blackwood to organise the transfer of the articles her husband bequeathed to the Pitt Rivers Museum. RDF also includes notes on 'Chinyansa specimens, Nyassaland (KOTAKOTA)' and 'Specimens from other regions', and additional 'Notes by William Coleman Piercy'. [GI 10/12/2001]

Search terms: Model, Weapon, Spear

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