spear;
currency
- Museum number
- Af1888,0908.18
- Description
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Spear-head-shaped 'ligenda doa' currency blade made of iron, very large, spreading out suddenly near the socket, which is disproportionately small, and open at one side.
- Production date
- 1858-1886 (between)
- Dimensions
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Height: 165 centimetres
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Width: 33 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Slip records: "Used as currency by a tribe north of the Congo, between the Arumwimi and the Manyema."
- Location
- On display (G25/dc15)
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Acquisition notes
- Af1888,0908.1 to 33 is a collection given by Sir John Kirk of weapons and other objects from eastern and central Africa. The gift was made after his retirement to England, and the objects come from all the stages of his long career in Africa, from 1858 to 1886. Most have their source and use recorded.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1888,0908.18