Spear point

Museum number:
5-11401
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011401
Accession number:
Acc.2579
Description:
Spear point, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11401, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: steel blade, leaf-shaped; at bottom of blade thin wire wrapped around shaft; cylindrical shaft has black painted checkerboard pattern; Context of use: for fighting, defense Description: spear point, leaf-shaped; steel, wire; 50.4 cm. l.; 4.8 cm. w.;
Donor:
Marybelle Barton
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Rexford W. Barton
Collection date:
December 18, 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
July 10, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 5-11401, described as Spear point, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11401, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: steel blade, leaf-shaped; at bottom of blade thin wire wrapped around shaft; cylindrical shaft has black painted checkerboard pattern; Context of use: for fighting, defense Description: spear point, leaf-shaped; steel, wire; 50.4 cm. l.; 4.8 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 5-11401, described as Spear point, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11401, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: steel blade, leaf-shaped; at bottom of blade thin wire wrapped around shaft; cylindrical shaft has black painted checkerboard pattern; Context of use: for fighting, defense Description: spear point, leaf-shaped; steel, wire; 50.4 cm. l.; 4.8 cm. w.;

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