Spear
AF3188
From: Upper Nile
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF3188 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Shilluk |
Provenience | Upper Nile |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Strongly marked narrow rib. No ferrule. Long cane shaft with markings on internodes. Blade and shank like AF3190. The internode on which the head is fixed has spiral markings crossed by longitudinal straight lines; each of the others has two elliptical panels framing "thumb-nail" incisions. |
Length | 240 cm |
Width | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 19815 - Field No SF |
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