Spear with elongated, sub-triangular metal blade and butt spike, both socketed onto a wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 28/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with elongated, sub-triangular metal blade and butt spike, both socketed onto a wooden shaft. [JMC [OPS move] 28/8/2018]
Long description: Spear with elongated, sub-triangular metal blade, socketed onto a short shaft of dark wood. Socketed onto the butt end of the shaft is a long metal spike, with two rings of leather just beneath the socket. The blade has a prominent longitudinal mid rib on each face. [JMC [OPS move] 28/8/2018]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups: Maasai
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source William Henry Parker
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: Before 1903
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1903
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
Dimensions: Depth: max 24 mm, Width: max 76 mm, Length: max 1931 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.61.5
Research and responses: Parker's full first name came from the 1901 census where he is listed as William H. Parker aged 37 born in Oxford and living in St Ebbes, a dealer in antiques [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 20/02/2007]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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