POINT

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

POINT

Entry/Object ID

414/10465

Description

SPEARHEAD/IRON

Collection

ETHNOGRAPHIC/AFRICA

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Region

West Africa

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Kamerun

African

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Point

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bit, Masonry

Nomenclature Class

Masonry & Stoneworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Parts

Count

Material

Metal

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

Iron spear head with engraved designs. Likely from the Fang people, who would have used these spears as hunting tools and were considered much more effective for hand-to-hand combat int he rainforest in which they lived.