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1907.38.19

Iron spear head.

1907.38.19

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron spear head.
Long description
Iron spear head. The spear blade is badly rusted in the centre. The head has a long tapering tang. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 08/03/2011]
Geographical reference
Zimbabwe
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zimbabwe
Manicaland Province Chimanimani District 60 miles south of Chimanimani Webster Ruin
Person
Field collector E.M. Andrews
PRM source E.M. Andrews
Date / Period
Date made: 1600-1700?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1907
Acquisition information
Donated: 1907
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal
Dimensions
Width: max 29 mm, Length 178 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1907.38.19
Research and responses

See information about E.M. Andrews archaeological work around Umtali in David Randall MacIver's 1906 'Medieval Rhodesia' p. 35 and on [AP 31/07/2009]

Associated publications
Andrews, E.M. 1907a: The Webster Ruins. Proceedings and Transactions of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 7 (1), 62–71. Andrews, E.M. 1907b: The Webster Ruins. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 50 (1): 35–47. [AS 31/08/2010] Andrews, E.M. 1906. Note on the Webster Ruin. Man Vol. 6, pp. 131-133, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/278891] [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 07/03/2011]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear-head