Spear Head
Object Number: | 83-26-11 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Shilluk |
Provenience: | Southern Sudan Sudan |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Iron |
Length: | 48.5 cm |
Width: | 5.2 cm |
Credit Line: | Gift of John B. Moore, 1983 |
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.
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