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>Costume Studies
>>1818 Zulu induna
>>>spears
Subject: induna chief
Culture: Zulu
Setting: Zulu empire, Natal 19thc
Object: spears = umkhonto javelin, iklwa assegai









* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of African Peoples
​​Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Transformation of Weaponry *
​"Iklwa (Tourist Quality)   Zulu  Year Unknown  Steel and Wood" ...
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​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." ...
​* Cold Steel #95FS
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​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" ...
* Military Antiques International
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