Spears - wood handles, iron blades – Objects

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Object Number 29-43-50/B4763D

Display Title Spears - wood handles, iron blades

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, tapered metal blade, long stem, wood shaft, woven fiber at haft

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bantu speaking peoples
Zulu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Africa, South central

Materials Wood, Metal, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 130 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm (51 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 29-43-50 d./ B-4763

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
29-43-50/B4763C	Spears - wood handles, iron blades	Spear	Africa
29-43-50/B4763B	Spears - wood handles, iron blades	Spear
29-43-50/B4763E	Spears - wood handles, iron blades	Spear
29-43-50/B4763	Spears - wood handles, iron blades	Spear	Africa
29-43-50/B4764	Spears - short wood handles iron blades	Spear	Africa
30-66-50/H1409	Spears, broad blades	Spear	Tanzania
30-65-50/H1262	Spears, iron points	Spear	Congo
31-32-70/D3747	Spears with obsidian blades	Spear	Papua New Guinea
98-3-50/51406	Bianzi (Bayanzi) and Bangala spears with iron points, barbs	Spear	Africa
30-66-50/H1410	Spears, medium blades	Spear	Tanzania
30-66-50/H1409.1	Spears, broad blades	Spear	Tanzania
14-12-50/B122.2	Spears, wood shaft, pointed ovoid incised metal blade/shaft, sm. barbs, metal wr	Spear	South Dongola

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