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Albert 19th May 2013 10:36 PM

African spear. Help needed.
 
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Together with an Indonesian (Enggano) spear, I won this African spear in an auction.
As I know nothing about African weapons , I wonder who can help me.
From which country does it come, which region / tribe? What is the quality? Age?
It has a great patina, but no provenance at all.
Who can help? :confused:

Iain 20th May 2013 01:33 PM

The copper bands, style of wood carving and overall form make me think it is from the Congo. That area is not my specialty but hopefully others will see this post and help you make a more detailed ID.

Albert 21st May 2013 12:56 PM

Congo sounds good to me. Any additional infomation from others? Freddy maybe? I think it is your specialty?

Pieje 21st May 2013 08:17 PM

Congo, I agree. Tribe I don't know, seems rather uncommon.
But it's definitely a good quality spear, nice patina, my guess would be early 20th C which is very good for Congo stuff.

Albert 23rd May 2013 01:20 PM

Thank you for your help.
I am glad with the information. :)

Spearcollector 26th May 2013 07:48 PM

Hello Albert,

The spear is congo from the Ngombe tribes.
I hope this will help

Albert 26th May 2013 09:14 PM

Thanks
 
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Originally Posted by Spearcollector
Hello Albert,

The spear is congo from the Ngombe tribes.
I hope this will help

Thank you very much for your infomation! :)


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