Anṣār (الأنصار) spear
Item
Title
Anṣār (الأنصار) spear
spear
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Sudan; weaponry; trophies; campaign mementoes; Mahdi; spear; ethnography; World Cultures; bladed weapon
Edged Weapons
Description
Anṣār (الأنصار) spear with large metal spearhead with a wooden handle which has been varnished. The handle has three holes drilled into it for previous display. The blade also has hatching decoration on the collar. The spearhead has a round sticker on the side which says "left". [FHM 25/09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Format
Length 2310mm; Width 73mm
Identifier
5001.9.1.2
ES91
Source
Relation
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum