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Tim Simmons 25th February 2006 09:44 AM
Another African wand, scepter, spear.
 
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Acquired this morning at a car boot sale. Total length 77cm, blade 28cm. Now there seems to be quite a few African buffs, any ideas as to origin? Now I will enjoy a nice Saturday morning cleaning ritual. Tim

Luc LEFEBVRE 25th February 2006 12:28 PM
It looks like a sub-saharian work.
Mali, Burkina faso, Niger, Nigeria.
But I have no documentation on it.
Luc

Tim Simmons 25th February 2006 03:11 PM
It does have that look. Could have come from Mali to the N,Cameroon. Thanks Tim.

tom hyle 25th February 2006 04:20 PM
That's a wooden hand-grip?

Tim Simmons 25th February 2006 07:44 PM
Hello Tom, I should have made it a little more clear. The rust makes it look like wood, that has gone now. It is one piece of metal. Tim

Freddy 25th February 2006 08:25 PM
Couldn't it be a spear head with a very long tang ?

If so, I don't think it's from Congo as their spears mostly have sockets.

Please show it to us when it's cleaned :D

Tim Simmons 26th February 2006 10:54 AM
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Cleaned, the decorated part is square section. Tim

Freddy 26th February 2006 06:15 PM
Tim, have a look at one of your earlier threads. In this one I showed some pictures of a spearhead with a square section below the blade. Much smaller than yours, though.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=556

Perhaps there's some kind of connection ? :)

Tim Simmons 26th February 2006 09:25 PM
Yes indeed, interesting, I agree about no specific relation. a staff like

Tim Simmons 7th April 2011 08:36 PM
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Long time to wait to see another. Ended on ebay a few days ago. Still a mystery?

Martin Lubojacky 8th April 2011 10:57 PM
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Hello Tim,
Triangular engraving is very simmilar to engraving on spearhead I bought in Abuja, allegedly comming, if I still remember well, from north - eastern Nigeria (?) (third from the left).
Regards,
Martin


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