Iron arrowhead, spear like end, hollow shaft socket
Iron arrowhead, spear-like end, hollow shaft socket, one spike missing, very rusty
Leather and snakeskin sheath/pouch containing four shaftless arrows, a thick bladed iron knife with snakeskin covered handle and a stone, African, 1860-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656678
- Measurements:
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sheath/pouch: 220 mm x 95 mm 62 mm,
- type:
- sheaths
Parts
Steel arrowhead with part of wooden shaft
Steel arrowhead with part of wooden shaft, rusty, shaft piece split
- Measurements:
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overall: length 238 mm
head: length 87 mm
head: width 13 mm
- Materials:
- steel and wood, shaft
- Object Number:
- A656678 Pt2
- type:
- arrowhead
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Arrowhead, lanceolate tip, long shaft socket, spiked tang
Steel arrowhead lanceolate tip, long shaft socket with spiked tang at end
Arrowhead, wooden shaft bound with leather strap
Iron arrowhead with wooden shaft piece bound with leather strap, very rusty
- Measurements:
-
length 195 mm
head: length 38 mm
head: width 22 mm
- Materials:
- iron and wood, shaft
- Object Number:
- A656678 Pt4
- type:
- arrowhead
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Knife, thick steel blade, bulbous handle, snakeskin covered
Very thick steel bladed knife with bulbous handle covered in snakeskin
