Spear
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, Wood
Measurements
1670 mm (Length)40 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudan
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303725
Summary
A Yirol spear with pointed oval spearhead and wooden shaft. The shaft bound with metal to correctly counterbalance the head. Lord Egerton number 282 M. Collected in Sudan. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenant's Hall