Accession No
Z 19608
Description
Spear with a wooden shaft and metal spearhead. The spearhead has a short split socket; blade has rounded shoulders and tapers to a blunt tip; the blade and socket are decorated with grooves. Below the socket, the shaft is bound in metal with grooved decoration and a rolled collar at the base. The shaft is thick with a circular cross-section. The terminal of the shaft is also bound in metal; any butt has come away and is missing, and at the base of the terminal is a protruding nail.
Place
Africa; ?East Africa; ?Ethiopia
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 19608
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Metal
Local Term
Measurements
60mm x 40mm x 1490mm Weight 0.9kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Spear with ogee-shaped blade, engraved and socketed. Top and bottom of shaft bound in large metal sockets; butt of shaft is broken off and has end of nail protruding.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Spear with a wooden shaft and metal spearhead. The spearhead has a short split socket; blade has rounded shoulders and tapers to a blunt tip; the blade and socket are decorated with grooves. Below the socket, the shaft is bound in metal with grooved decoration and a rolled collar at the base. The shaft is thick with a circular cross-section. The terminal of the shaft is also bound in metal; any butt has come away and is missing, and at the base of the terminal is a protruding nail.
Event Date 3/11/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:106033
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