Accession No

Z 1525.2


Description

Short socketed iron butt, rather spade like, with pointed square section butt.


Place

Africa; East Africa; Kenya


Period


Source


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 1525.2


Cultural Affliation

?Samburu; Agikuyu [Kikuyu]


Material

Wood; Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Z 1520, Z 1521, Z 1522, Z 1523, Z 1524, & Z 1525 are all recorded on the same catalogue card with the following note (undated): 'All these 6 spears in one bundle labelled Akikuyu. No further data known.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Production / use)
Label reads: 'This pattern is taken from the Samburu'.
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1906.
Event Date 1906
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 1525[.1-2]: 'Iron socketed spear. Thin wooden shaft with short socketed iron butt, rather spade like, with pointed square section butt.'
Event Date 20/3/2000
Author: maa


FM:299937

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