Spear
AF3345
From: Upper Nile
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF3345 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Upper Nile |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Plain wooden shaft, iron spiral of three turns at butt. The blade, small and leaf-shaped passes insensibly into the shank which is round in cross-section immediately behind the blade, but of rectangular cross-section through the greater part of its length. The latter portion is ornamented with incised cross-ridges separating small oval areas. The socket portion of the shank is cone-shaped, round in cross-section, ornamented with shallow grooves and chevrons. |
Length | 178 cm |
Width | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 27056 - Field No SF |
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