Spear
- Museum number:
- 5-16864
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016864
- Alternate number:
- 47 (previous number (donor's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4729
- Description:
- spear with wooden shaft and iron point and finial at base. spearpoint is split and hammered to fit the size of the shaft. point has 2 barbed flanges.
- Donor:
- Dorothy Shack
- Collection place:
- Ethiopia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
- Culture or time period:
- Gurage
- Collector:
- Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
- Materials:
- Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spears (weapons)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- May 22, 2002
- Context of use:
- hunting or ceremonial
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 179.7 centimeters and width 4.3 centimeters
- Images:
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