Spear Head
83-26-11
From: Southern Sudan | Sudan
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 83-26-11 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Shilluk |
| Provenience | Southern Sudan | Sudan |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron |
| Description | Iron leaf-shaped blade with raised central rib. Split hollow shaft of circular section. Blade edges incised with diagonal hatching. Incised marginal line runs along edge of blade. Incised zig-zag pattern runs along lower portion of raised central rib. Strickened neck is separated into two sections by transverse grooves; neck is decorated with incised cross-hatching. |
| Length | 48.5 cm |
| Width | 5.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of John B. Moore, 1983 |
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