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AF2344

From: Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF2344
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Akamba
Provenience Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood
Description

Poisoned. Cf. 2342; the shank is wound spirally with leather. Red binding for feathers at butt end. " The poison is prepared from the sap of a tree, is exceedingly powerful."

Length 58 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1916

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