Is this spearhead or bottom end ?

Martin Lubojacky · 22nd October 2017, 10:46 PM

Thank you helleri

shayde78 · 23rd October 2017, 12:52 AM

Can you show an angle that shows the socket hole, including the seam? Also, where the socket meets the next adjacent section...the patina looks different between the socket and the rest of the piece. Something about this looks architectural, but a proper socket would challenge this thought.
Thanks!

Martin Lubojacky · 23rd October 2017, 08:54 AM

Shayde, enclosed are requestet pictures.

shayde78 · 25th October 2017, 02:09 AM

Ah...thank you!
Not architectural, so I offer that it is the butt end of an East African spear. A nicer form than most.

kronckew · 25th October 2017, 08:30 AM

see also tim's post http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...19&postcount=5

'east african' covers my initial offering of a simpler maasi lion spear butt spike. the maasi actually did not make their own, their lion spears and samburu spears were made by other tribes and sold to many others in east africa as well, so 'east africa' description fits better than pinning it down to a specific tribe.

just to complexicate things, have a look at

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16815&

and the links there as well.

23rd October 2017, 08:54 AM	#3
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Shayde, enclosed are requestet pictures. Attached Images

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22nd October 2017, 10:46 PM	#1
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Thank you helleri

23rd October 2017, 12:52 AM	#2
shayde78 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 445	Can you show an angle that shows the socket hole, including the seam? Also, where the socket meets the next adjacent section...the patina looks different between the socket and the rest of the piece. Something about this looks architectural, but a proper socket would challenge this thought. Thanks!

25th October 2017, 02:09 AM	#4
shayde78 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 445	Ah...thank you! Not architectural, so I offer that it is the butt end of an East African spear. A nicer form than most.

25th October 2017, 08:30 AM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	see also tim's post http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...19&postcount=5 'east african' covers my initial offering of a simpler maasi lion spear butt spike. the maasi actually did not make their own, their lion spears and samburu spears were made by other tribes and sold to many others in east africa as well, so 'east africa' description fits better than pinning it down to a specific tribe. just to complexicate things, have a look at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16815& and the links there as well.