Spear carved from a single piece of wood with elongated leaf shaped blade, and carved expanding section on the shaft. The butt has been bound with metal wire. [AFS [OPS move] 4/7/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear carved from a single piece of wood with elongated leaf shaped blade, and carved expanding section on the shaft. The butt has been bound with metal wire. [AFS [OPS move] 4/7/2018]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups: Nandi
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Height: max 38 mm, Width: max 59 mm, Length: max 1840 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.1399

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