Spear

AF2135B

From: Zambia | South Africa | Lower Zambezi

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF2135B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Zambia | South Africa | Lower Zambezi
Locus Mouth to Ruvega River
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood | Skin
Description

Insertion of tang wrapped with wire in Muller and Snelleman's Style A (Industrie des Caffres, Pl. XXVII). The pointed butt end has the hairy skin of an animal's leg or tail shrunk on; this is confined at the forward end by a ring of wire-work in M. and S's Style B. This refers to the weapon with the additional number 170. The other javelin numbered AF2135 is similar, but has not the three additional bands of wire-work.

Length 127 cm
Width 3.1 cm

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