Spear

Museum number:
5-16870
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Alternate number:
46 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
iton and wood spear. very long blade (97cm) on a short shaft attached to a wooden handgrip, which in turn attaches to a metal shaft which ends in a 4-sided point.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Metal and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
hunting
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 203.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16870, described as iton and wood spear. very long blade (97cm) on a short shaft attached to a wooden handgrip, which in turn attaches to a metal shaft which ends in a 4-sided point.

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