Spear Item Number: K2.407 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spear with wooden shaft covered in bands of dyed red leather at the ends, each with a raised band at either end and a band of grass (?) woven through slits in the leather to form a diagonal pattern, and a centre section covered in off-white skin. The spear has a spade-shaped metal tip with a border of indented semi-circles along the edges of the blade, and incised lines at the base of the blade. The butt end is composed of a conical piece of metal.
Item History
- Made in Sierra Leone
- Owned by British Museum before August 1960
- Received from British Museum (Exchanger) during August 1960
What
- Name
- Spear
- Identification Number
- K2.407
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- wood, leather skin, iron metal, dye, fibre and grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- forged and sewn
- Overall
- height 116.0 cm, diameter 3.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Malinke
- Previous Owner
- British Museum
- Received from
- British Museum (Exchanger)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sierra Leone
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0022/0044