Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the small barb and tanged spearhead.
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the spearhead, which has barbed points for catching fish.
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the short triangular head. The spear is short but complete.
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the spearhead, which has barbed points for catching fish.
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the spearhead, which has barbed points for catching fish. The spear's shaft is incomplete....
Spearhead
This metal spear head is from Africa. It is decorated with an engraved design. There is a long socket to attach it to a spear shaft.
Spearhead
This small spear head is from West Africa. It is metal with part of the wooden shaft still attached. An old museum label is stuck to the wooden shaft. It reads, "Spear head / German West / African tribe". ...
Spoon
This spoon is from West Africa. It has been carved from one piece of wood. The spoon has decorative carvings of lines in a herring-bone pattern along the handle. The old museum label attached to the spoon ...
Spoon
This spoon is from Cameroon. It has been carved from one piece of wood. The spoon has decorative carvings of lines in a herring-bone pattern along the handle.
Spoon
A carved ivory spoon with a pronged handle. It was originally thought to be Batanga, but is more probably a Nguni snuff spoon from South Africa.
Spoon
A carved ivory spoon, the back of which is decorated with incised black lines in a criss-cross pattern. It was originally thought to be Batanga, but is more probably a Nguni snuff spoon from South Africa....
Staff
A Haussa chief's rod or staff. It was made from a length of wood with twisted metal rings at the top and bottom. There is a piece of leather attached near the base.
Staff
A Zulu staff or rod with a pierced circular head and incisions along the shaft. The staff has black painted decoration.
Statue Fragment
This fragment of black granite is from Egypt. The fragment may be the lower part of a larger statue, and is decorated in hieroglyphs.
Statue Fragment
This small piece of white marble is a fragment of a statue from Thebes in Egypt.
Stool
A stool from South Africa, which has been carved from a single block of wood. The stool has three legs with a carved circular seat.
Sword
A Haussa sword, from West Africa. It has a black leather covered handle with interlaced leatherwork, and a long metal blade.
Sword
A large, ornate, Mandingo style sword, from Sierra Leone. The sword has a long decorative painted leather handle and sheath, with red, yellow and black motifs painted onto the leather strap.