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Object Number 39-39-50/4447
Display Title Spear - wooden shaft - leaf-shaped iron head ("ichumu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ichumu
Inventory Description Spear, ovoid pointed metal blade on wood shaft with pointed end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 136.6 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm (53 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4447

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