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AF2346

From: Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF2346
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Akamba
Provenience Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba
Section African
Materials Feather | Iron | Wood
Description

Poisoned. Wooden shaft, feathered and wrapped with fibre at butt. Iron head with long shank ( foreshaft): the whole head is covered with leather and the shaft at the insertion of the shank with elephant's [?] hair.

Length 58 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1916

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