Spear
Spear of a cavalryman. It is double headed with a spike between the heads, designed to pierce chainmail. Often used as a badge of high-ranking office, due to the skill of its manufacture.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 87/1936/1/1
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Common Name
- spear
- Simple Name
- spear
- Period Classification
- 19th century
- Production County
- possibly Darfur region
- Production Country
- Chad or Sudan
