Spear, Metal Item Number: 2007-136/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Metal spear, with a heavily corroded iron blade, and a braided two-color copper wire handle/haft. Research on spears suggests that it most closely resembles a Zulu "Iklwa" stabbing spear. This is puzzling since the spear was dug up on a high bluff on Bainbridge Island. Mr. Enright, the property owner said that no non-natives had lived at that site until his family purchased the property.

Collection Owner

Property of Burke Museum

Geographical Search Terms

Kitsap County North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Credit Line

Gift of Kenneth Enright

Item History

What

Name
Spear, Metal
Identification Number
2007-136/1
Type of Item
metal spear
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Manufacturing Technique
forged and braided
Overall
length 42.5 cm, width 4.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 294.5 g

Who

Field Collector
Kenneth Enright

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Other

Accession Number
2007-136
Classification
Site Type: Historic Isolate
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Metal
Object Sub Category
Undetermined Metal