spears, arms, hunting, arms

Spear with decorated metal head.
Wooden spear with metal blade. The blade is covered by a light wood, in two pieces, bound to the spear with fibres. Original classification: "A: Knives, swords, spears, spear throwers"

West Africa

metal (material), wood, fibre plant, varnish

carved, varnished, bound, forged (metal), incised

LDUEC-A.0065

UCL Ethnographic Collections