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1930.71.39

Carved wooden spear with long, socketed leaf-shaped iron blade, and a spirally wound iron butt. Metal wire is bound around the socket below the blade. [PH [OPS move] 4/7/2018]

1930.71.39

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved wooden spear with long, socketed leaf-shaped iron blade, and a spirally wound iron butt. Metal wire is bound around the socket below the blade. [PH [OPS move] 4/7/2018]
Geographical reference
Eastern Africa
Africa > Eastern Africa
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 Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 16 mm, Length: max 1644 mm, Width: max 53 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.71.39

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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