Spear
97-120-868
From: Guinea
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 97-120-868 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mandingo (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Guinea |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Fur |
| Description | Wooden shaft covered with 3 tubes of leopard fur; 6 basketry tubes; 10 wooden discs covered with leather. Metal butt square in section becoming round for insertion of shaft. Leaf shaped metal blade with punctate ornamentation and hollow butt for insertion of shaft. |
| Length | 189 cm |
| Width | 4.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-868 - Old Museum Number | 14718 uncertain - ANSP Number |
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