Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Kwanga. Spear, mid–19th to early 20th century. Iron, wood, 29 x 1 3/4 in. (73.7 x 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 36.547. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Kwanga

Title

Spear

Date

mid–19th to early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Barotseland, Zambia

Medium

Iron, wood

Classification

Arms and Armor

Dimensions

29 x 1 3/4 in. (73.7 x 4.4 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

36.547

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