A 19th century Zulu light throwing spear with a particularly slim blade and split-cane binding. Blade is 5 ins, overall length 56 ins. Overall good condition but there is some damage to the cane binding and the join between the metal tang of the blade and the wood is exposed. This sort of damage is often indicative of impact damage, where the blade pushing back into the wood on impact has burst the binding. There is also a very slight bump to the tip which may reflect the same thing; this spear was apparently used in earnest!
