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1943.6.64

Spear with an iron leaf-shaped blade socketed to a bamboo shaft, there is a spike tanged into the butt. There is a metal waved crossguard projection beneath the blade. [AB [OPS move] 7/8/2018]


1943.6.64

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with an iron leaf-shaped blade socketed to a bamboo shaft, there is a spike tanged into the butt. There is a metal waved crossguard projection beneath the blade. [AB [OPS move] 7/8/2018]
Geographical reference
Odisha
Person
Field collector Mrs A.H. Kiddell
PRM source Mrs A.H. Kiddell
PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1943
Date collected
By 1943
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1943
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Socketed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound
Dimensions
Depth: max 37 mm, Width: max 78 mm, Length: max 1976 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1943.6.64

Search terms: Weapon, Spear