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Spears
Object Number 21-28-50/B2799
Display Title Spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spears, barbed metal points, striated, cylindrical wood shafts
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 105.5 x 3 x 1.8 cm (41 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 21-28-50/B-2799

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