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Spear
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- Accession number
- LDORL : 02378L.7
- Collection
- Burton Collection
- Classification
- Object
- Medium
- Spear
South African ‘Isijula’ throwing spear belonging to Sir Richard Burton. Iron spearhead with ogival section, tanged into a wooden shaft with sinew. Made and used by Nguni nations inhabiting KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
