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This artefact is a (Herero) hunting
spear made of wood with unilateral barbs. The spear was used in hunting
birds, and soft-skinned small animals as well as fishing. To some
people, the design of these arrows is more aptly suited to fishing than
fowling in the sense that the barbs ensure that the pierced fish does
not slip out. It is also worthy to note that some (extant) 19th and 20th
century Ovambo arrows have the same design. The basic Ovambo arrow
designs were well established before their entrance into Namibia and
were not tangibly affected by contact with the earlier cultures in
Namibia Hei//om. It might be that the other cultures in Namibia were
influenced by Ovambo weapon designs, and therefore adopted the arrow
design for a spear. The absence of apparent breakage sign on the end of
the object, excludes the likelihood that it is an arrow that has lost
its nock due to age and/or handling.
The exact circumstances
of the acquisition remain unclear. The object is still to be classified
as sensitive.
Allan Chrislyn, Justin Bradfield, & Marlize
Lombard, 2016: The form and function of Ovambo arrows: Exploring
agro-pastoralist hunting technology, Journal of Anthropological
Archaeology 44, 105-113
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Funding
The project "Provenance and History of
the Mylau/Reichenbach Ethnological Collection" was 2022/23 funded by the
Center for the Loss of Cultural Assets, the State Office for Museums Saxony
and the Vogtland-Zwickau cultural area.
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Hatchet
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B02952 Vessel; pot
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ehoro
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B02980 Club
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Neck jewellery
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Ehoro
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Neck jewellery
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Wooden funnel
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B02968 Spoon; milk spoon woman
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Spoon
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