Spear Item Number: K2.251 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cast-iron head with a wood handle covered with leather decorations. Goat hair strip around the middle with fringes in turquoise, white, and black-lined brown strips of leather. Has an attached spear head cover of leather.
History Of Use
For hunting
Item History
- Made in Ghana
- Collected during 1967
- Owned by Lorn Macgregor and Sue Macgregor before January 13, 1972
- Received from Lorn Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor) on January 13, 1972
What
- Name
- Spear
- Identification Number
- K2.251
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- iron metal, wood and leather skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, glued and shaped
- Overall
- height 137.0 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 3.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Hausa
- Previous Owner
- Lorn Macgregor and Sue Macgregor
- Received from
- Lorn Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ghana
When
- Collection Date
- during 1967
- Ownership Date
- before January 13, 1972
- Acquisition Date
- on January 13, 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0184/0003