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Spear
Object Number 2016.14.74
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Object Description Spear; wooden shaft with flat, pointed metal head with double fuller, and a pointed metal butt
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical spotted wood shaft, pointed metal piece at one end, other end leaf-shaped head
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Materials Wood Metal
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 × 150 × 2 cm (1 3/4 × 59 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.74
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Hopkins
Provenance
Collector Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (1962-1964)
Donor Donated by Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (6/30/2016)

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