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Object Number 10-52-50/80318
Display Title Chief's spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spears, ovate metal blade and shaft, hide and wire wraps, glass bead and animal
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Dimensions Overall: 113 x 5 x 3.4 cm (44 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 10-52-50/80318

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