Subject: induna chief

Culture: Zulu

Setting: Zulu empire, Natal 19thc

Object: spears = umkhonto javelin, iklwa assegai

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Transformation of Weaponry *

"Iklwa (Tourist Quality) Zulu Year Unknown Steel and Wood" ...

Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery *

"Native spears African, 19th century These short spears or assegai were for close combat fighting.

Deadly at close range, they were capable of disembowelling an enemy at one stroke." ...

National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at War at Home and Abroad since 1550 *

"Zulu Assegai (Spear), 1879" ... "Assegai (Sleá), Súlúch 1879" ...

"Assegai taken by Lt. Neville Coghill, 1878" ... "Assegai gafa ag an Leifteanant Nevill Coghill, 1878" ...

* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of African Peoples

* Cold Steel #95FS

* Military Antiques International