Spear

2003-63-60

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-63-60
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Metal | Leather | Wood | Plant Fiber
Description

Spear with a blade that flares out toward the base. The blade has a wide, medial ridge with two scrolls at the base. The wooden shaft is wrapped with light-colored leather with three small, woven sleeves of light-colored basketry fibers and dark leather. The ferrule has a flared, flattened, fin-like end.

Length 112.5 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1993.X.1278 - Other Number

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