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Started to have have another go at the 'heap' in the attic with a view to making some sense of it all and making hard decisions as to what to keep and what to dispose of . I am thinking this may be Sudanese . Total length of 2 metres , spearhead 45 cm and fish tail 'shoe' 20 cm . The wood looks like Acacia to me. Any opinions as to what region it is from would be most welcome .
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Looks like the broad type seen in Sudan to me as well.
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Thanks Iain .... love the cow mounted cavalryman !
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This type of spear is from the Somaliland/Somalia area. The well-made blade form and flat metal butt are distinctive.
But of course they could also diffuse to neighboring areas. |
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But I have no major expert in spears, I've tended to focus on the Calvary lances and am a bit out of my depth on the multitude of other spear types in Nigeria. |
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More Sudanese spears...
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For anyone interested to learn more about African spears ... I can do no better than recommend a visit to the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford. They have a large vitrine filled with spears from throughout the African Continent. Most have documented old provenances, so the attributions are generally good, I believe.
The Pitt-Rivers, like many museums in the UK has FREE entry. See www.prm.ox.ac.uk |
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Purchased this very similar spear last year from Lew's Estate Sale. It was attributed to Eastern Africa. I was leaning towards Sudanese as well or somewhere near that vicinity but could not be completely sure..
http://www.vikingsword.com/lew/w0149/w0149.html |
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