Zulu dancing shield spear and knobkerrie

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by Kmaddock

Hi
My understanding of Zulu spears is that they never had sockets
Just a tang embedded in the shaft and bound by leather cow tail sheath which is shrunk over the tang to bind all together
If you show better pictures of the socket it would help identification
Regards
Ken

Hello Ken,

I don't know about the Assegi but you are certainly correct with regard to the Iklawa (stabbing spear ) introduced by Shaka. The picture of the spear is poor, I have to agree, but I don't take particularly good pictures due to having partially double vision which makes it difficult to focus so I do the best I can. These were taken some time ago when I was redearching my collection and are now in a storage box in the loft but if you can bear with me I will try to take clearer photos as I would like to know your opinion. Thank you for your interest.
Regards
Miguel