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Object Number 2016.14.91
Display Title War spear
Descriptions
Object Description War spear with single blood groove
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft, spotted, tapered metal point one end, other end leaf-shaped metal head
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Materials Metal Wood
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 × 159 × 2.4 cm (2 5/16 × 62 5/8 × 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.91
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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