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1930.71.36

Spear with large, leaf-shaped metal blade socketed onto a long wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 24/8/2018]


1930.71.36

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with large, leaf-shaped metal blade socketed onto a long wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Long description
Spear with large, leaf-shaped metal blade socketed onto a long wooden shaft. The shaft tapers towards the butt, which is bound by a coiled strip of metal. There is punched and engraved decoration on the blade and the socket. [JMC [OPS move] 24/8/2018]
Geographical reference
Eastern Sudan
Cultural groups
Bedawi
Hadendoa
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1930
Date collected
By 1930
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Incised, Process Punched
Dimensions
Length: max 2264 mm, Width: max 89 mm, Depth: max 28 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.71.36

Search terms: Weapon, Spear