Spear head

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Object Number 27-35-50/B4310

Display Title Spear head

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spearhead, iron point, barbed with extensions on stem, socketed end

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern; Sakbayeme Region

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 7.7 x 1.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B4310

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46-78-50/6048	One spear head of iron with four barbs. Shaft is missing.	Spear	Ethiopia
971-25-50/13116	Spear head, iron blade, triangular, painted/incised design at base, socketed end	Spear	Africa
15-62-50/B767	Spear head	Spear	Gambia
971-25-50/13117	Spear head, ovate iron blade, central ridge, incised at base, socketed end	Spear	Africa
2003.1.2644	Spear heads, iron, ovate and conical, some barbed, socket ends, some with fiber	Spear	Africa
15-62-50/B766	Spear head	Spear	Gambia
2003.1.2637	Spear head, iron ovate blade, twisted stem, socket end	Spear	Africa
30-2-50/B4936	Old spear heads	Spear	Cameroon
13-21-50/84656	Spear head	Spear	Sudan
13-21-50/84657	Spear head	Spear	Sudan
35-31-50/1146	4 pieces of iron spear head money (likon, sing.; makon, pl.)	Spear	Cameroon
33-15-50/111	Iron spear with socketed iron shank	Spear	Tanzania

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