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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