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Javelin

The ridged iron blade is attached to the wooden shaft by a slotted socket. A pointed spear shoe was attached to the end of the shaft by a slotted socket. The spear is broken at the shaft of the blade. Provenance: Africa (?). The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz
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Object type
Weapon
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3.6 cm x 137 cm, D: 2.5 cm
Material/Technique
Iron, wood; forged
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000075

Provenance and sources

when
1875-1900
where
Africa

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