Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another 3 old African spears ...not certain as to origins

colin henshaw · 30th July 2009, 10:34 AM

Hi David

To let you know, I had a visit to the Powell-Cotton Museum in Birchington yesterday, and they have a spear very similar to these (hole in socket, barbed head, bamboo shaft & coil to butt), described as being from Abyssinia...

Regards

30th July 2009, 10:34 AM	#6
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Hi David To let you know, I had a visit to the Powell-Cotton Museum in Birchington yesterday, and they have a spear very similar to these (hole in socket, barbed head, bamboo shaft & coil to butt), described as being from Abyssinia... Regards