Assegai Spear

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Date:Not Recorded

Description:Sudanese assegai spear with a long wooden pole handle and a long leaf shaped iron spearhead inserted into the end of the stick. These have then been bound together by plant fibre. The lower part of spear has been broken off.

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Donor ref: LEAMG : M191.1916.6 (60/23220)

Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

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