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Assegais

Scope note

Long slender throwing spears of hard wood, usually with an iron head, used by peoples of southern Africa.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000251704

Broader Terms used

<spears by form>

Term used for

assagais
zagayes
zaghayas

Equivalent Terms used

assegai

Created

12yrs ago

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