Spear

Museum number:
5-8574
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008574
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Spear, steel, elongated blade, ribbed down center on both sides, sleeved, hafted onto bamboo shaft, cylindrical steel coil wrapped around end, 201 cm. long.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Awash (town), Afar Region, Ethiopia
Culture or time period:
Awash
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-8574, described as Spear, steel, elongated blade, ribbed down center on both sides, sleeved, hafted onto bamboo shaft, cylindrical steel coil wrapped around end, 201 cm. long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-8574, described as Spear, steel, elongated blade, ribbed down center on both sides, sleeved, hafted onto bamboo shaft, cylindrical steel coil wrapped around end, 201 cm. long.

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