Spear

Museum number:
5-5987
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2220
Description:
Spear; iron with wood grip in center connecting base and tip ends; light colored hard wood handle; metal twisted below tip; L. blade 26 cm.; handle 12.5 cm.; spear 175.4 cm.
Donor:
Arthur Storhaugh and Mrs. Arthur Storhaugh
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa; Kenya; Kikuyu
Culture or time period:
Kikuyu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-5987, described as Spear; iron with wood grip in center connecting base and tip ends; light colored hard wood handle; metal twisted below tip; L. blade 26 cm.; handle 12.5 cm.; spear 175.4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-5987, described as Spear; iron with wood grip in center connecting base and tip ends; light colored hard wood handle; metal twisted below tip; L. blade 26 cm.; handle 12.5 cm.; spear 175.4 cm.

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