Spear Item Number: K4.294 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spear with a wooden handle that has a bulb-shaped end and widens slightly near the top of the shaft where there is a metal ferrule. The wood is mostly yellow with a strip of dark red-brown. The metal tip has a short shaft and curved sides with a pointed tip. On both faces, nearly half of the spear tip is slightly convex and the metal from this area is tarnished.
Item History
- Made in Angola
- Collected during 1950
- Owned by Anne E. Copithorne before November 14, 1973
- Received from Anne E. Copithorne (Donor) on November 14, 1973
What
Who
- Culture
- Southern African
- Previous Owner
- Anne E. Copithorne
- Received from
- Anne E. Copithorne (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Angola
When
- Collection Date
- during 1950
- Ownership Date
- before November 14, 1973
- Acquisition Date
- on November 14, 1973
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0251/0023 a-b