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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