Anyone know of Kundu or Bakundu? Congo/Zaire

Katius · 23rd February 2006, 02:18 PM

I have been researching a spear I bought and have posted some pictures on Previous Thread

I've come to a bit of a dead end, I don't have any books on tribes etc but have been looking on the net and found a spear with the exact same head (shaft is different)

Wondered if anyone could shine any light on the tribes: Kundu or Bakundu from any books etc they may own?

Many thanks
Kate

Rick · 23rd February 2006, 03:14 PM

A short sword of the Kundu tribe .
Found on google using the search words kundu tribe congo

http://www.londoncoin.com/images/eth...undosword.html

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/documents/r...olduch3-2.html

Books that may help :

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...go+tribes&x=45

It's a big wide wonderful web out there ; you'd be surprised what you can find with search engines ......

Freddy · 23rd February 2006, 07:01 PM

Hi Kate,

You could also try to look at : http://anthro.amnh.org/

Go to 'Collections Database' and then to 'African Etnographic Collection'. For the word 'spear' they give 1558 objects.

You could try to look if one of these pictures looks like your spear. Happy hunting.

23rd February 2006, 02:18 PM	#1
Katius Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Anyone know of Kundu or Bakundu? Congo/Zaire I have been researching a spear I bought and have posted some pictures on Previous Thread I've come to a bit of a dead end, I don't have any books on tribes etc but have been looking on the net and found a spear with the exact same head (shaft is different) Wondered if anyone could shine any light on the tribes: Kundu or Bakundu from any books etc they may own? Many thanks Kate

23rd February 2006, 03:14 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,291	A short sword of the Kundu tribe . Found on google using the search words kundu tribe congo http://www.londoncoin.com/images/eth...undosword.html http://www.zum.de/whkmla/documents/r...olduch3-2.html Books that may help : http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...go+tribes&x=45 It's a big wide wonderful web out there ; you'd be surprised what you can find with search engines ...... Last edited by Rick; 23rd February 2006 at 03:32 PM.

23rd February 2006, 07:01 PM	#3
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Hi Kate, You could also try to look at : http://anthro.amnh.org/ Go to 'Collections Database' and then to 'African Etnographic Collection'. For the word 'spear' they give 1558 objects. You could try to look if one of these pictures looks like your spear. Happy hunting.