Spear
AF1926
From: Central Zaire | Equatorial Province | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1926 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balolo (Bantu culture) |
| Provenience | Central Zaire | Equatorial Province | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Metal | Wood |
| Description | Spear with a long, socketed blade with two pairs of deep notches on either side toward the shank end. The blade also has a medial ridge on both faces, as well as curved ridges starting at the shank and rejoining at roughly 3/4 of the blade length. The butt end is wrapped with a short coil of leather. |
| Length | 175 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1046 - Other Number |
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