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The Double D · 19th July 2006, 05:10 AM

I am going to have to add to my library some more as Krige refers to the sources of her information for the spears description she provides.

I think what I will do is this weekend I will rewrite the opening post. Since we can't edit earlier posts...good idea, who though of it...I will open a new post called Types of Zulu spears or some such. I will include the description and Krige's source for that description with the designations.

Then from that maybe we can post pictures of our Zulu Spears see if we can figure out what we have.

I can tell you this I passed up two spear on the list because I thought they were wore out and now it appears they were not!

Later when I finally catch up to the Spearmaker I will make a picture heavy post on his actiivities. It is my understanding the one I am tracking dowm does them for demonstration the old way with stones.

I went through the American Museum of Natural History site yesterday and they have quite a few Zulu spears listed. What surprising is that they simply accept the donors definition of what the spear is. One is very obviously not a Zulu spear.

This is starting to get interesting!!!

19th July 2006, 05:10 AM	#6
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	I am going to have to add to my library some more as Krige refers to the sources of her information for the spears description she provides. I think what I will do is this weekend I will rewrite the opening post. Since we can't edit earlier posts...good idea, who though of it...I will open a new post called Types of Zulu spears or some such. I will include the description and Krige's source for that description with the designations. Then from that maybe we can post pictures of our Zulu Spears see if we can figure out what we have. I can tell you this I passed up two spear on the list because I thought they were wore out and now it appears they were not! Later when I finally catch up to the Spearmaker I will make a picture heavy post on his actiivities. It is my understanding the one I am tracking dowm does them for demonstration the old way with stones. I went through the American Museum of Natural History site yesterday and they have quite a few Zulu spears listed. What surprising is that they simply accept the donors definition of what the spear is. One is very obviously not a Zulu spear. This is starting to get interesting!!!