Context (Field collection)
Note on catalogue card for 1932.567: 'bought from wandering Masai to the North of Kavirondo, exact district unknown. East African Protectorate 1907'.
Event Date 1907
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1932.568: 'New type Masai spear.'
Event Date 1932
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1932.568: 'New type Masai spear.'
Event Date 1932
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
E. A. Haddon is listed as the donor for this object in MAA's accession register. It is possible that this is a mistake and the object was in fact collected by Ernest Balfour Haddon instead. Ernest Balfour Haddon spent time in Uganda as an administrator.
Event Date 1/7/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
The object was previously tentatively recorded as originating from Kenya although the accession register do not note any geographical provenance besides its Maasai cultural origins. As the Maasai inhabits northern, central and southern Kenya as well as northern Tanzania, Tanzania was tentatively added to the production and place fields.

Event Date 1/7/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Wooden shaft and metal ferrule. The shaft has a circular cross-section. Long ferrule with a split socket and integrated collar. Ferrule tapers to a point with a squared cross-section. Spearhead has come loose, 1932.568.1.
Event Date 24/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley