Subject: ناصر nāṣir 'helper' cavalry
Culture: Sudanese
Setting: Mahdist states, 1880s-1910s
Object: spear
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Spear Sudanese, 19th century
This type of spear, with its leaf-shaped blade,
was used as a thrusting weapon both by cavalry and infantry in Sudanese armies."
* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World
"Spear, 1800s Sudanic region, northern Africa Iron with etching; brass inlay; restored wood Weight: 1 lb. 5 oz. ..."
