Spear head, small brass ovate point, cylindrical stem with socket end, painted

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Object Number 2003.1.2640

Display Title Spear head, small brass ovate point, cylindrical stem with socket end, painted

Descriptions

Object Description Spear head, small brass ovate point, cylindrical stem with socket end, painted

Inventory Description Spearhead, small brass ovate point, cylindrical stem with socket end, painted

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Materials Brass, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (7 9/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
2003.1.2637	Spear head, iron ovate blade, twisted stem, socket end	Spear	Africa
2003.1.2622	Spear head, small, ovate iron blade, incised lines down center, socket end	Spear	Africa
2003.1.2243	Spear head, brass, with cut design near socket end	Spear
2003.1.2644	Spear heads, iron, ovate and conical, some barbed, socket ends, some with fiber	Spear	Africa
2003.1.2636	Spear point, ovate iron blade, long cylindrical stem, tapered end	Spear	Africa
2003.1.2632	Spear point, ovat point with rectangular stem, multiple barbs, socket end	Spear	Africa
30-32-50/B4657.1	Spear, small ovate metal point, long stem, wood shaft, metal wrapped end	Spear	Madehani
23-35-50/B3648.5	Spear, ovate point, plain cylindrical neck, wood shaft, metal coil end	Spear	Sudan
30-32-50/B4658.2	Spear, small metal blade, spiral grooved stem, wood shaft, metal and brass wraps	Spear	Madehani
2004.1.820	Spear point, reed slivers woven together to form point with socket end	Spear
2003.1.2334	Spear points, conical iron points with socket ends	Spear	Africa
2003.1.2335	Spear point? narrow conical point, hollow, socket end, wrapped with fiber	Spear	Africa

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