Spear

AF3344

From: Mali

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF3344
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mandingo
Provenience Mali
Section African
Materials Iron | Leather | Wood
Description

Shaft covered with brown leather and white, the latter tanned with the hair on. The ferrule has a pointed spike, rectangular in cross-section; the base of the 4-sided blade is marked off from the conical shank by a disc-like enlargement.

Length 189.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 9912 - Field No SF

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