Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 221
A Ron spear Bauchi Province
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £100
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Description
A Ron spear
Bauchi Province, Nigeria
with a stepped iron blade, with arch decoration on a hide bound wooden shaft, with metal counter weight end, with Liverpool and Norwich Castle Museums labels,
148cm long.
Provenance
Arthur Holdsworth Groom, District Officer, Nigeria 1905 - 1917.
Loaned to the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1911.