Spear

AF3180

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF3180
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swahili
Provenience Kenya
Section African
Materials Fiber | Iron | Wood
Description

Stout shaft, in which the insertion of the tanged leaf-shaped head is reinforced with a rawhide plaited tube of cane or palm rind. The thick butt is enclosed in a tube of rawhide; above this is a band of hairy hide between two plaited rings of the same material as that at the upper end of the shaft. The spear is said to be a Swahili "elephant's spear".

Length 158 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 3654 - Field No SF

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