Spear Point

African

  • Titles Spear Point (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 11 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (28.9 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.127
  • Work Type spear point
  • Classification Weapons and Ammunition

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Spear Point, African, iron
Staff surmounted by the double axe motif, stylized reference to the thunderbolt believed to be hurled from the skies by Shango, with kneeling female figure.
Tent Pole, Tuareg people, Sahel region, West Africa, African, carved wood
Brown ovoid jar with narrow, short foot and short rim. Shoulder has geometric lizard forms; raised ridges with zig-zag lines at at top of shoulder and mid-point of body. Bottom half of vessel has patterns from impressed cord.