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Old 27th April 2006, 06:50 PM   #1
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Default Two nice spears, African?

An Auction on eBay for two interesting spears, (now finished), has anyone any ideas of their origin?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
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Old 27th April 2006, 06:56 PM   #2
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These are nice and from the Congo and I only lost them because I forgot the seller was using $ so my bid was not as high as I was thinking Tim
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Old 27th April 2006, 07:38 PM   #3
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Just as I was bidding, the price shot up, couldn't get a counter bid in quick enough......ran out of time. The hazards of 'Sniping'
Do you think the (copper/brass/bronze ?) spear was 'currency' or ceremonial?
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Old 27th April 2006, 07:43 PM   #4
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Most probably both, these are very nice but 19 century is quite an exaggeration. That was me but I thought I was bidding in £ so you see I rather fancied them.
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Old 27th April 2006, 07:59 PM   #5
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My taste in African weapons must be improving
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Old 28th April 2006, 04:25 PM   #6
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Nice spears.

The one on the left is a spear of the Yakoma-tribe from Congo. The other one, I'm not sure about. Look at this pic from 'Waffen aus Zentral-Afrika' :

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Old 8th May 2006, 09:48 PM   #7
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Yet, more similar spears on eBay, bidding now finished ...missed them by a few euros, I'm beginning to think there's a little workshop somewhere mass producing them

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
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