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Spear
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- Accession number
- LDORL : 02378L.3
- Collection
- Burton Collection
- Classification
- Object
- Medium
- Spear
South African ‘Isijula’ throwing spear belonging to Sir Richard Burton. Iron spearhead with midridge. This spear has a Long foreshaft tanged into a wooden shaft and a skin sleeve hiding the binding fibre beneath. Made and used by Nguni nations inhabiting KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
