E0476: Zulu Bamboo Spear

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0476

Classification Category:

4:Tools & Equipment for Materials ➞ Fishing & Trapping Implements

Marks/Labels:

Tag with scripted handwriting "Zulu Spear"

Materials:

botanical ➔ reed ➔ bamboo
botanical ➔ wood
botanical ➔ fiber

Dimensions:

101 cm L
1 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Description:

A yellow bamboo shaft into which a long and thing brown wooden point has been hafted and inserted.

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