| Object Number | AF3198 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Somali |
| Provenience | Somalia |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Slender blade, which the exaggeration of the rib in comparison with the flat of the blade has turned into a combination of four narrow vanes. These coalesce in a sharp point of rectangular cross-section; cf. AF3286. The end of the ferrule is also rectangular in cross-section, with notches forming a symmetrical pattern in the edges of the upper part of the rectangular portion. Shaft wrapped with strips of thong near head. |
| Length | 185 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
| Other Number | 17249 - Field No SF |
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