Object class: Staff weapons / Collection place: Africa / Culture or time period: Eastern African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16866, described as wood shaft with hide strip wrapped on bottom end. iron spear point with decorative bands and open, box-like decoration as part of iron point shaft.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-6171, described as iron pointed spear

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-1986, described as Spear; double pointed/ spear end curved and very long

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16934, described as metal and wood spear. long, leaf shaped blade on a short shaft attached to a wooden handgrip which in turn attached to a metal shaft which ends in a 4-sided point.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-5746, described as spear; iron lanceolate-shaped blade and iron ferrule over wood shaft; used for hunting lions; length 172 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16936, described as Masai spear; unbarbed leaf-shaped head on steel shaft. this shaft is attached to a wooden shaft which in turn is attached to a second steel shaft. the second steel shaft is decorated with a collar of hide having black hairs. blade is protected with a strip of leather along the edge and secured with a leather thong.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-6721, described as Spear; shaft decorated with burned pattern; one end elongated laurel leaf-shaped blade with double blood course (black filled) each side; other end pointed spike (blackened); l. 155.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16865, described as wood shaft with hide strip wrapped on bottom end. iron spear point with decorative bands and open, box-like decoration as part of iron shaft of point.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-2631, described as Hunting spear wooden shaft; leaf-shaped point; overall length 59.5 inches; point 11 inches long. Used to finish off animal being shot with bow and arrow.