Spear

Museum number:
5-15319a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210515319a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.4425
Description:
Spear, in four pieces: A) iron rod with a leaf-shaped spear head, 4 cm wide in the middle and 12 cm long; flared on the other end to fit on a wooden shaft; length 96 cm.; B) hide sheath, edge sheath with a leather strap to hold on; strap broken; C) wooden shaft, dark red color; pointed on both ends to hold the spear rods; length 96 cm, diameter 1.7 cm; D) tips iron rod; long and thin; blunt end; flared opposite to fit on the wooden shaft; length 78 cm, diameter 0.6 cm; total length 253 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:
Karamoja, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Uganda; Karamoja; Karamojong tribe
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
1968
Materials:
Hide (collagenous material), Iron (metal), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Used to obtain game and also for dancing.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-15319a-d, described as Spear, in four pieces: A) iron rod with a leaf-shaped spear head, 4 cm wide in the middle and 12 cm long; flared on the other end to fit on a wooden shaft; length 96 cm.; B) hide sheath, edge sheath with a leather strap to hold on; strap broken; C) wooden shaft, dark red color; pointed on both ends to hold the spear rods; length 96 cm, diameter 1.7 cm; D) tips iron rod; long and thin; blunt end; flared opposite to fit on the wooden shaft; length 78 cm, diameter 0.6 cm; total length 253 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-15319a-d, described as Spear, in four pieces: A) iron rod with a leaf-shaped spear head, 4 cm wide in the middle and 12 cm long; flared on the other end to fit on a wooden shaft; length 96 cm.; B) hide sheath, edge sheath with a leather strap to hold on; strap broken; C) wooden shaft, dark red color; pointed on both ends to hold the spear rods; length 96 cm, diameter 1.7 cm; D) tips iron rod; long and thin; blunt end; flared opposite to fit on the wooden shaft; length 78 cm, diameter 0.6 cm; total length 253 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-15319a-d, described as Spear, in four pieces: A) iron rod with a leaf-shaped spear head, 4 cm wide in the middle and 12 cm long; flared on the other end to fit on a wooden shaft; length 96 cm.; B) hide sheath, edge sheath with a leather strap to hold on; strap broken; C) wooden shaft, dark red color; pointed on both ends to hold the spear rods; length 96 cm, diameter 1.7 cm; D) tips iron rod; long and thin; blunt end; flared opposite to fit on the wooden shaft; length 78 cm, diameter 0.6 cm; total length 253 cm.

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