Spear

37-22-15

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Balolo (Sierra Leone)

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Balolo (Sierra Leone)
Manufacture Location Yoni
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood
Description

Long lanceolate point with slight waist, socketed to short wooden shaft, to which ferrule is also socketed. End of ferrule flat with flaring notched base. Cf. 37-22-16; and see 37-22-12.

Length 96 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 97 - Collector Number

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