Two nice spears, African?

katana · 27th April 2006, 06:50 PM

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

Tim Simmons · 27th April 2006, 06:56 PM

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

katana · 27th April 2006, 07:38 PM

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?

Tim Simmons · 27th April 2006, 07:43 PM

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.

katana · 27th April 2006, 07:59 PM

My taste in African weapons must be improving

Freddy · 28th April 2006, 04:25 PM

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' :

katana · 8th May 2006, 09:48 PM

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

27th April 2006, 06:50 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	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

27th April 2006, 06:56 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,781	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

27th April 2006, 07:38 PM	#3
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	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?

27th April 2006, 07:43 PM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,781	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.

27th April 2006, 07:59 PM	#5
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	My taste in African weapons must be improving

28th April 2006, 04:25 PM	#6
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	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' :

8th May 2006, 09:48 PM	#7
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	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