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1944.10.7

Stabbing spear with long narrow iron blade, short wooden shaft and long spiked iron butt. [AFS [OPS move] 4/7/2018]

1944.10.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stabbing spear with long narrow iron blade, short wooden shaft and long spiked iron butt. [AFS [OPS move] 4/7/2018]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups
Maasai
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
1912-1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1944
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Socketed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Hammered
Dimensions
Length: max 1924 mm, Width: max 44 mm, Height: max 16 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1944.10.7
Research and responses

It seems there was originally a joint donor of both the Lightbody and Gorringe collections. There is no information in the accession book as to who this may have been. See Additional Accession Book Entry for 1944.10.17 for relevant text regarding this. [MR 7/7/2000]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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