Spear - about 5.5' long – Objects

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Object Number 40-91-50/5126

Display Title Spear - about 5.5' long

Descriptions

Object Description Spear - about 5.5' long; crooked wooden shaft; long iron point; incising on midrib; socket wound with wire

Inventory Description Spear, elongated metal blade, carved/ incised ridge w/ black oval b'ground on wo

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Masai

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms East Africa

Materials Wood, Metal

Dimensions Overall: 173.6 x 5.4 x 1.5 cm (68 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-91-50/5126

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	40-91-50/5127	Spear - about 5.5' long	Spear	Africa
	40-91-50/5125	Spear - about 4' long	Spear	Africa
	46-78-70/2405	Long spear of dark wood having lost about 1" from its point which +	Spear	Fiji
Image Not Available for Two parts to an iron spear. 18.7 cm. long, 5.5 cm. long	34-25-40/9498	Two parts to an iron spear. 18.7 cm. long, 5.5 cm. long		Magdalenska Gora
	40-24-50/4949	Spear shaft - approximately 52.5" long, iron point, leaf-shaped blade	Spear	Africa
	41-53-50/5437	Iron spear about 3' long with incised decoration and fur handle	Spear	Liberia
	40-91-50/5129	Socketed iron point - about 2' long	Spear	Africa
	973-16-50/11405	Spear, wooden shaft, long iron point, opposite end pointed wood. Separate iron	Spear	Ethiopia
	42-27-50/5846	Wooden spear with long narrow lanceolate-shaped iron point	Spear	Angola
	39-39-50/4449	Spear - wooden shaft, long iron head ("ichumu")	Spear	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4450	Spear - wooden shaft, long iron head ("ichumu")	Spear	Nyaruanda
	46-78-50/6062	One long spear with long iron head, the wooden handle is covered by iron strips	Spear	Africa

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