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Assegai
Wooden African javelin pointed with iron or fire-hardened tip / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the type of spear. For other uses, see Assegai (disambiguation).
An assegai or assagai[lower-alpha 1][2] is a polearm used for throwing, usually a light spear or javelin made up of a wooden handle with an iron tip.
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