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25th February 2006, 10:44 AM
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Another African wand, scepter, spear.
Acquired this morning at a car boot sale. Total length 77cm, blade 28cm. Now there seems to be quite a few African buffs, any ideas as to origin? Now I will enjoy a nice Saturday morning cleaning ritual. Tim
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25th February 2006, 01:28 PM
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It looks like a sub-saharian work.
Mali, Burkina faso, Niger, Nigeria. But I have no documentation on it. Luc |
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25th February 2006, 04:11 PM
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It does have that look. Could have come from Mali to the N,Cameroon. Thanks Tim.
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25th February 2006, 05:20 PM
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That's a wooden hand-grip?
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25th February 2006, 08:44 PM
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Hello Tom, I should have made it a little more clear. The rust makes it look like wood, that has gone now. It is one piece of metal. Tim
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25th February 2006, 09:25 PM
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Couldn't it be a spear head with a very long tang ?
If so, I don't think it's from Congo as their spears mostly have sockets. Please show it to us when it's cleaned 
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26th February 2006, 11:54 AM
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Cleaned, the decorated part is square section. Tim
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26th February 2006, 07:15 PM
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Tim, have a look at one of your earlier threads. In this one I showed some pictures of a spearhead with a square section below the blade. Much smaller than yours, though.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=556 Perhaps there's some kind of connection ? 
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26th February 2006, 10:25 PM
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Yes indeed, interesting, I agree about no specific relation. a staff like
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7th April 2011, 09:36 PM
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Long time to wait to see another. Ended on ebay a few days ago. Still a mystery?
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8th April 2011, 11:57 PM
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Hello Tim,
Triangular engraving is very simmilar to engraving on spearhead I bought in Abuja, allegedly comming, if I still remember well, from north - eastern Nigeria (?) (third from the left). Regards, Martin |
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