Spear, D14.32

Spear with wooden shaft and metal head. Metal head sockets onto shaft. Head has a long metal shaft and a leaf shaped blade. Just below head is an area of coiled copper alloy wire. Below this is a section of coiled copper alloy wire in two colours- gold and copper. Shaft widens out to an ovoid shape with an incised linear decoration. Followed by coiled copper alloy. Shaft terminates in a socketed metal spike.

Locality: Congo