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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