Culture or time period: Karamojong / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Lip plug, accession number 5-3409, described as Lip plug; wood; plain; undecorated; 7/8 inches diameter; 0.75 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 5-7839, described as Shield; metal; rectangular with flared ends; handle formed of branch tied by wire to back; hide strip attached to center of handle; length: 90.5 cm; width: 33 cm. Used by men in combat to protect body. Traditionally this shield is of hide, but most have been taken from the Karamojong in cattle raids. This was confiscated by police in cattle raids by Karamojong. Native name: Aupal. Collected Dec. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-15319a-d, described as Spear, in four pieces: A) iron rod with a leaf-shaped spear head, 4 cm wide in the middle and 12 cm long; flared on the other end to fit on a wooden shaft; length 96 cm.; B) hide sheath, edge sheath with a leather strap to hold on; strap broken; C) wooden shaft, dark red color; pointed on both ends to hold the spear rods; length 96 cm, diameter 1.7 cm; D) tips iron rod; long and thin; blunt end; flared opposite to fit on the wooden shaft; length 78 cm, diameter 0.6 cm; total length 253 cm.