- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Throwing spear, with a leaf shaped metal bladewith barbs beneath it and a twisted extending tang. The shaft is wooden and bound at each end with metal strips. [AB [OPS move] 17/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector John Edward Hine
- Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- PRM source John Edward Hine
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- Before 1891
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1891
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Twisted, Process Bound, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 33 mm, Depth: max 14 mm, Length: max 1253 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1891.38.2
1891.38.2
Throwing spear, with a leaf shaped metal bladewith barbs beneath it and a twisted extending tang. The shaft is wooden and bound at each end with metal strips. [AB [OPS move] 17/7/2018]
1891.38.2
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