5th June 2014, 11:41 AM | #1 |
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African spear
Hello
I picked up this spear at a local car boot sale I was told it was zulu but obviously not as it is socket attached rather than tang attached to shaft I looks to have age and as you can see from the last picture my son liked it so I bought it I am thinking it is from Congo from my back post searching but would anyone be able to confirm this also do you think it is a large animal hunting spear? Best regards Ken |
6th June 2014, 03:23 AM | #2 |
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My guess would be a Sudanese Mahdi Spear ; probably a soldier's bring back war trophy .
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7th June 2014, 07:37 PM | #3 |
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...I agree. The shaft has been cut down - some are very long.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...sudanese+spear |
7th June 2014, 11:09 PM | #4 |
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Hi people,
Thanks for information, nice to get some information on the spear And the link was very informative The shaft is not bamboo though but I presume there was a lot of variation on this Interesting I live not too far wolseley,s old estate so a soldier bring back brings up some ideas. Best regards Ken |
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