Spear Head Help Needed

[Robert]

Here is a spear head that I think is African in origin but I'm not quite sure. There is also a scabbard that has nothing to do with it but any comments on its possible age are also more than welcome.

Total length of spear head is 18-1/2 inches.
Blade length is 14-1/8 inches.
Blade width is 1-3/8 at widest point.
Blade thickness is slightly less than 1/8 inch.

Scabbard length is 16-3/4 inches.
Width as widest point is 2-1/4 inches.

Again thanks for any help offered. :D

Robert

[Montino Bourbon]

I would say that the spear head is African.

[CharlesS]

The spear head is almost certainly African, though I have no clue about the exact origin.

More interesting to me is the scabbard which is a far better then usual scabbard for a Filipino 'talibon' sword. From the looks of it, I'd say early to middle 20th Cent.

[Robert]

Montino and Charles,
Thanks for your input on the spear head. Now if someone could just tell me who made it. I was thinking that the scabbard could possible date from the very end of the 19th century up to about WWII. I don't think it is any newer than that, but what do I know. :D

[Ian]

Scabbard looks to be from the Eastern Visayas (Leyte, Samar, Cebu) -- mid-20th C. or thereabouts from its appearance.

Ian.

[Robert]

Ian,
Thanks for the info. Could possibly you offer any insight on the origins of the spear head? :D


Robert

[zelbone]

The scabbard is for a garab.

[snakeman]

hey all:
I'm new here, but I think I can answer who made it.
My good friend just came back from a hunting trip in africa, and he brought home a spear that looks just like the head you have.
It was presented to him for a great shot, from a masai warrior assist chief.
Hope this helps.

[zalmoxis]

Spearhead is Africann from Ex Belgian Congo, Ngbandi tribe.

[Robert]

My thanks to everyone for their help in identifying the spear head and for your help on dating the scabbard. :D

Robert