NAM.1964-10-100-3-2

Nilotic fish spear with elongated arrow shaped head, barbed shaft with indents mid way down iron shaft. Wooden Shaft and iron binding on butt. This spear is likely to be from the Niolitic people of South Sudan. From a collection of polearms and weapons associated with Lord Robert Baden-Powell, possibly associated with Robert’s brother Frank Baden-Powell who served in the Camel Corps, during the Sudan campaign.

Sudan-Abyssinian Frontier (1885-1891)