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Spear, Massai

The ridged iron blade is attached to a very short shaft via a slotted socket. The counterpart is a long, pointed iron spear shoe with a square cross-section, also attached to a socket. This type of spear is typical of the warriors of the Maasai tribe. Provenance: Central Africa (?). The object belongs to the estate of the chief physician general 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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Cultural attribution
Massai
Object type
Weapon
Dimensions
H x W: 1.1 cm x 210 cm, D: 2.4 cm
Material/Technique
Iron, wood; forged
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000097

Provenance and sources

when
1875-1900
where
Central Africa
who
Maasai

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