Zulu Assegai, colonial period or earlier.

DescriptionNice early throwing or stabbing Assegai with cow tail hide binding the point to hard wood shaft with cow hide at the butt. Point has small shoulders filed just below the leaf shaped point with a long steel shaft bound to the wood shaft. Length of point inc steel shaft: 400mm Length of cow hide binding: 183mm Length of cow hide at butt: 110mm Total length of Assegai: 1553mm