Sergeant's ceremonial spear, with a steel blade and cross-bar, socketed and fixed with extending strips of steel to a wooden shaft. There is a metal butt cap. [AB [OPS move] 15/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sergeant's ceremonial spear, with a steel blade and cross-bar, socketed and fixed with extending strips of steel to a wooden shaft. There is a metal butt cap. [AB [OPS move] 15/8/2018]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1874
Date collected: By 1862
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Riveted, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 2742 mm, Width: max 141 mm, Depth: max 32 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.26.11 PR Cat other PR nos: 994