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AF3198

From: Somalia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF3198
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Somali
Provenience Somalia
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood
Description

Slender blade, which the exaggeration of the rib in comparison with the flat of the blade has turned into a combination of four narrow vanes. These coalesce in a sharp point of rectangular cross-section; cf. AF3286. The end of the ferrule is also rectangular in cross-section, with notches forming a symmetrical pattern in the edges of the upper part of the rectangular portion. Shaft wrapped with strips of thong near head.

Length 185 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 17249 - Field No SF

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