- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wood spear with leaf-shaped, blackened head, with a raised silver central ridge, and a iron lozenge shaped butt. [VS [OPS move] 29/8/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Ujiji
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1895
- Date collected
- By 1895
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1895
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Wrought, Process Socketed, Process Hammered
- Dimensions
- Height: max 18 mm, Length: max 1998 mm, Width: max 48 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1895.1.10
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