A pair of Jarid looking spears
 

This pair of spears is 80cm long. They look like the turkish "jarid" that was thrown from a horse. However they look fairly recent, and the material is not hardened steel, but a yellow looking metal, like bronze. The panches on them remind me of North African work. The 2 shafts are not identical, so it seems that there are hand made. Any comments?

Look African to me for sure. North Africa and the trade coast.

Hello,

the spears have some similarities in style and crafting to this axe I showed here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=african
Maybe they are from the Toma, too?

Regards
Robin

I think that these spears are Toulouse small throwingspears for hunting.
Miguel

I meant Toubou ( Tubu ) not Toulouse sorry about that.
Miguel

I agree I think they are from Chad.
I'm very surprised that no one told you that they are purely decorative/touristic items. Look at the material used, brass, and the barbs/fish bones badly cut and not sharp at all.
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Hello, thanks for your comments. The truth is that i bought them out of curiosity (but on a tourist price...) Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose, but always learn...

Kubur is correct, these are just souvenir/tourist items from the Sahel region. Fairly often seen in antique centres and the like here in UK.