- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear made from a single piece of iron. With a lozenge shaped ogee blade. Beneath this there is a an elliptical shaped perforation with twisted edges. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]
- Long description
- Spear made from a single piece of iron. With a lozenge shaped ogee blade. Beneath this there is a an elliptical shaped perforation with twisted edges. There is a knob at the butt. [AB [OPS move] 1/8/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1902
- Date collected
- By 1902
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1902
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 1715 mm, Depth: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1902.52.3
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