- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear with light-coloured wooden shaft, socketed leaf-shaped iron blade and spiked socketed iron butt. [RH [OPS move] 13/7/2018]
- Long description
- Spear with light-coloured wooden shaft, socketed leaf-shaped iron blade and spiked socketed iron butt. The shaft is slightly curved. The iron blade and butt spike are each half painted with black pigment. [RH [OPS move] 13/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Nyamwezi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1971
- Date collected
- 1968 - 1971
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1971
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 20 mm, Length: max 1482 mm, Width: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1971.34.119
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