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One lance or spear of metal point and wooden shaft.
One lance or spear of metal point and wooden shaft.
Object Number 46-78-50/6043
Display Title One lance or spear of metal point and wooden shaft.
Descriptions
Object Description One lance or spear of metal point and wooden shaft. the shaft has incised lines and coils of a thin strip of metal
Inventory Description Spear, ovate metal blade, foreshaft, coils, wood shaft, incised, wider butt end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 149.8 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm (59 x 2 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-50/6043 & No. 17
Provenance
Owner William T. Shepherd (12/19/1900)
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (12/19/1900 - 1916)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (1916 - 11/27/1946)

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