Spear

Museum number:
5-6743
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006743
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Spear; wooden shaft; pointed iron spike one end; elongated iron head with asymmetrical blackened hollow ground edges; l. 136 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbarara, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Mbarara; Hima (Murdock 45)
Culture or time period:
Hima
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 5-6743, described as Spear; wooden shaft; pointed iron spike one end; elongated iron head with asymmetrical blackened hollow ground edges; l. 136 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-6743, described as Spear; wooden shaft; pointed iron spike one end; elongated iron head with asymmetrical blackened hollow ground edges; l. 136 cm.

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