Spear

AF3176

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF3176
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swahili
Provenience Kenya
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood
Description

See AF3177 and cf. AF3171, for reinforcement of insertion of tang. For socketed ferrule with slight flattening of extremity, cf. AF3173. The blade is longer and the shank shorter than AF3177. Said to be from Madagascar.

Length 147.5 cm
Width 4.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 23453 - Field No SF

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