Spear
AF3191
From: Upper Nile
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF3191 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Shilluk |
Provenience | Upper Nile |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Wound with brass wire near head. Blade and shank like AF3190, except for swelling behind base of blade of AF3191. Slender tapering ferrule of AF3191 and AF3192 flares at extremity into small "button"; for the latter feature compare the large hollow ferrule of AF3230. |
Length | 157 cm |
Width | 4.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 19803 - Field No SF |
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