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I asked its price, strongly thinking i wouldn't probably buy it, though
![]() The young lady seller said, you can have it for free ... just don't let my old mother know it ![]() It has one meter total length. The binding is made of brass wire, much thinner than usually seen ( to my layman experience ). The butt spike is so little, i wonder if this was only for fixing some missing decoration. The wood is strong and heavy. My questions are: could this be a tourist goody, or is it the real thing? From what region or tribe? Thanks for comenting. Fernando |
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Fernando,
I'll give you three times the price you paid! ![]() I do not know much about things like this, but it does not look tourist at all. I think the metal on the butt end was to hold another fitting, maybe a ball? Congratulations! Richard. |
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Hi Fernando,
I think it it could be genuine, perhaps more of a status symbol or a sceptre than a fighting spear....although the spearhead looks to be 'functional'. As to origins...Zulu, Shona ![]() Congrats.......and gratis ![]() I would buy it for 100 times more than you paid.......certainly a better offer than Richard's ![]() ![]() |
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Thank you for your coments, Richard.
I was thinking not a ball but, instead, a cow ( or other animal ) hairy tail. Thank you David, both for your "congratis" and the hint on the origins. I take note of your higher offer. Watch it, i might take it seriously. The same way i gained it just because i asked its price, you might as well gain it because you bided on it ![]() Fernando |
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