Spear

Museum number:
5-4135a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21054135a@2cb
Alternate number:
48,49 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2002
Description:
A) Iron spear head; hand-wrought; laurel-leaf blade with long stem; 31.3 cm long. B) Spear shaft; wood with sinew wrapping around socket; 124 cm long.
Donor:
Richard B. Lee and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of Botswana
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; N.W. Bechuanaland; !Kangwa area; ! Kung Bushmen
Culture or time period:
!Kung
Collector:
Richard B. Lee
Collection date:
March-April 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-4135a,b, described as A) Iron spear head; hand-wrought; laurel-leaf blade with long stem; 31.3 cm long. B) Spear shaft; wood with sinew wrapping around socket; 124 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-4135a,b, described as A) Iron spear head; hand-wrought; laurel-leaf blade with long stem; 31.3 cm long. B) Spear shaft; wood with sinew wrapping around socket; 124 cm long.

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