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- unknown Maasai maker
- spear tip, late 1800s
- Where object was made: Kenya or Tanzania?
- iron
- Object Length/Width: 96 x 4 cm
Object Length/Width: 37 3/4 x 1 9/16 in - Gift of Kansas Bible Chair
- Not on display
- 2007.0342
- unknown Maasai maker
- Open page with bookmarkable url
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- Description
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This iron spear point has a long, sword-like blade on a rod of iron with a hollow cone-like receptacle to be seated on a wooden handle. The blade has a wide base and the remainder (except for the extreme tip) is straight, with a longitudinal ridge extending the length.