Spear

Museum number:
5-15438
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
Spear: wood, with 44.5 iron point hafted to shaft, secured by leather wrapping; shaft tapered at bottom and weighted by two iron ferrules and one coiled spring; Length 184.3 cm. Diameter (at center) 1.8 cm. Broken and repaired.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Dawari; Datoga; Barabaig; Gisadangweda
Culture or time period:
Barabaig
Collector:
Jean Colvin
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 5-15438, described as Spear: wood, with 44.5 iron point hafted to shaft, secured by leather wrapping; shaft tapered at bottom and weighted by two iron ferrules and one coiled spring; Length 184.3 cm. Diameter (at center) 1.8 cm. Broken and repaired.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-15438, described as Spear: wood, with 44.5 iron point hafted to shaft, secured by leather wrapping; shaft tapered at bottom and weighted by two iron ferrules and one coiled spring; Length 184.3 cm. Diameter (at center) 1.8 cm. Broken and repaired.

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