Spear
AF1907
From: Central Zaire | Equatorial Province | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1907 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balolo (Bantu culture) |
| Provenience | Central Zaire | Equatorial Province | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Metal | Wood |
| Description | Hunting-spear, according to Torday, to whom the attribution to the Balolo is also due. The head is held on firmly by cords attached to the upper end of the shaft and to the socket end of the head, apparently would not become detached after impact as in the case of AF1250, 3292, 3291, 3293. Cf. AF3290, 4836. |
| Length | 216 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1134 - Other Number |
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