Spear Item Number: 2548/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden spear with incised elongated diamond shapes surrounded by horizontal linear designs on the shaft. One end has a long, pointed metal piece and the other end has a flat arrow-head lance-olate shaped metal end which spirals into a flat diamond-shaped protrusion at the point where it tapers above the wood shaft.
History Of Use
For cattle bloodletting.
Item History
- Made in Samburu, Kenya
- Collected by David Pokotylo during 1998
- Owned by David Pokotylo before October 1, 2001
- Received from David Pokotylo (Donor) on October 1, 2001
What
- Name
- Spear
- Identification Number
- 2548/1
- Type of Item
- spear
- Material
- wood and iron metal
- Overall
- height 101.0 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 2.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Samburu
- Field Collector
- David Pokotylo
- Previous Owner
- David Pokotylo
- Received from
- David Pokotylo (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samburu, Kenya
When
- Collection Date
- during 1998
- Ownership Date
- before October 1, 2001
- Acquisition Date
- on October 1, 2001
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2548/0001