| Object Number | AF5017 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Kenya | Lake Victoria |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Leaf shaped head, blacked on each side of central rib. Long shaft, ferrule missing. Cf. AF3184, 3185, 3197. "Blood-courses", less sharply cut than AF3184, 3185, extend through length of blade. Shank of head round in cross-section. With this spear cf. also AF5018, 3182, 3183; and in AF5017, 3182, 3183 note collar at base of blade with slight ridges in line with long axis of blade at two opposite points in circumference. |
| Length | 151 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Caywood in memory of her son Ellery Caywood, 1920 |
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