2 old African spears straight from the junkshop

Tim Simmons · 29th August 2006, 05:41 PM

Excellent, what a good day. Ahh that feeling, makes you eager for the next sortie.

Battara · 29th August 2006, 07:43 PM

Love your "junk".

Congoblades · 29th August 2006, 07:58 PM

Here some pictures of the shield, is a bit fragiel from age I assume.

katana · 29th August 2006, 10:00 PM

Unfortunately........junk shops in Britain....only sell.......JUNK

Freddy · 30th August 2006, 08:18 PM

Guy, your shield looks like an old piece. I don't know about the chicken blood. I think it had a hard life.

Chicken blood is used on statues, that's true. But I never heard that tribes in the Congo worshipped their shields.
There are some good pics of this type of shield in the book : 'Shields - Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania' from the Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva. (pages 83 and 85).
There's also a basketry shield with the same narrow design from the same area as ours.

Anyway, here are some pics of my shield. Although faded, the colours are still there. Mostly blue, red and white.
My shield also has some engravings, like yours.

Freddy · 30th August 2006, 08:25 PM

I tried to do magic with my pics, but I failed

I'll have to ask my son again

Here are they again :

That's better, I hope

29th August 2006, 07:58 PM	#3
Congoblades Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 171	Here some pictures of the shield, is a bit fragiel from age I assume. Attached Images

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Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,783	Excellent, what a good day. Ahh that feeling, makes you eager for the next sortie.

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Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,200	Love your "junk".

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katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Unfortunately........junk shops in Britain....only sell.......JUNK

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Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Guy, your shield looks like an old piece. I don't know about the chicken blood. I think it had a hard life. Chicken blood is used on statues, that's true. But I never heard that tribes in the Congo worshipped their shields. There are some good pics of this type of shield in the book : 'Shields - Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania' from the Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva. (pages 83 and 85). There's also a basketry shield with the same narrow design from the same area as ours. Anyway, here are some pics of my shield. Although faded, the colours are still there. Mostly blue, red and white. My shield also has some engravings, like yours.

30th August 2006, 08:25 PM	#6
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	I tried to do magic with my pics, but I failed I'll have to ask my son again Here are they again : That's better, I hope