- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden spear or assegai with a triangular-shaped two barbed blade, of which one half of each side is incised and thinned. The head is bound to the shaft with hide. [AFS [OPS move] 4/7/2018]
- Cultural groups
- Nguni
- Date / Period
- Date made: On or before 1827
- Date collected
- ?On or before 1827
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 08/03/1886
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Incised, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1691 mm, Height: max 18 mm, Width: max 51 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1886.1.431 Other numbers: 101
1886.1.431
Wooden spear or assegai with a triangular-shaped two barbed blade, of which one half of each side is incised and thinned. The head is bound to the shaft with hide. [AFS [OPS move] 4/7/2018]
1886.1.431
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