Spear
AF31
From: Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Welle District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF31 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Welle District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Metal | Wood |
| Description | "Hippopotamus spear". This characterization appears in the accession book. There does not seem to be any ground for it. The attribution trhere to "Bakongo, Cataracts District" does not seem to be any better grounded, unless it had been traded down-river. See AF3268. |
| Length | 153 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. H. Leslie, 1905 |
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