Object Number: E2392

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: spear

Description: Spear used for hippo hunting. The wooden shaft is bulbous in shape and covered with iron and brass bindings. Two of these areas have fine brass wound around and the area nearest the head has two rounds of thick brass. The shaft fits into the metal socket of the head. The head has a tiny triangular point and one thick barb. the neck is very long and thin. Collected by Rev. Kenred Smith in Northern Democratic Republic of Congo when it was the Congo Free State and later Belgian Congo. He was primarily based at Bopoto (Upoto) Station, a Baptist Missionary Society post on the Upper River from the years 1896 - 1914.