Spearhead
This barbed socketed spearhead was a warrior’s principal weapon. Acquired during the period of colonialism in Africa, its shape would have supported false notions of ‘primitive peoples’ and acts of savage, instead of an appreciation of age-old metalworking technology.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 65/1925/7
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- CENT
- Material
- iron
- Common Name
- spearhead
- Simple Name
- spearhead
- Production Country
- Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Production Year High
- 1925
