Spear Item Number: K4.250 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spear with wooden cylindrical shaft and a four-sided metal spear tip with a conical ferrule. The shaft widens towards the butt end, which tapers slightly at the end and inwards before it widens abruptly, the division between the two sections marked by three bands carved into the shaft. There is a brass (?) tack on the side of the shaft at the butt end.
Item History
- Made in Congo
- Owned by Union College before 1960
- Received from Union College (Donor) during 1960
What
- Name
- Spear
- Identification Number
- K4.250
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- steel metal, wood and brass metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- forged and shaped
- Overall
- height 77.9 cm, diameter 2.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Central African
- Previous Owner
- Union College
- Received from
- Union College (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Congo
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1808/0004