Spear

Museum number:
5-13267
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013267
Accession number:
Acc.3321
Description:
Spear., Tanzania, Masai. 5-13267, acc no. 3321. File code: 1.1 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Wood, iron Description: Spear; wood shaft; elongated metal point at one end, leaf-shaped metal blade at opp. end; total l. 2.39 M., l. elongated metal point 85.3 cm., l. leaf-shaped blade with elongated shaft 80 cm.
Donor:
Harold B. Van Maren and Mrs. Harold B. Van Maren
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Masai
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-13267, described as Spear., Tanzania, Masai. 5-13267, acc no. 3321. File code: 1.1 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Wood, iron Description: Spear; wood shaft; elongated metal point at one end, leaf-shaped metal blade at opp. end; total l. 2.39 M., l. elongated metal point 85.3 cm., l. leaf-shaped blade with elongated shaft 80 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-13267, described as Spear., Tanzania, Masai. 5-13267, acc no. 3321. File code: 1.1 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Wood, iron Description: Spear; wood shaft; elongated metal point at one end, leaf-shaped metal blade at opp. end; total l. 2.39 M., l. elongated metal point 85.3 cm., l. leaf-shaped blade with elongated shaft 80 cm.

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