Old African Stabbing Spear

[katana]

A very nice, old stabbing spear. Hand forged head with thick midrib (blade 12" / 30cms long) and 'dished' , chisel butt . Shaft approx 1" diameter, fur covered (2 sections) and stitched, the longer 'hand' section is heavily worn. A bulbous part of the shaft just before the butt. Head and but socketted and fixed with 'homemade' nails.

OAL 60" (152 cms) weighs 2.5 lbs.

I believe this to be late 19thC ....but could be very early 20th.

No idea to origin....so suggestions gratefully recieved, as are any comments, thank you

Regards David


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[Lew]

The spear is from the Dan tribe late 19th to early 20th century. Here is one from my collection. Yours is a great example Congrats :)

[fernando]

Hî David,
Have you got the bilingual work "Waffen aus Zentral-Africa" ?
It contains zillions of weapons.
'Nando

[Tim Simmons]

Nice spear. So is the one Lew has. I need one.

[katana]

Thank you for the replies,

Lew ....thats a very nice spear :cool: I did wonder whether mine was Ashanti .....but they tend to have spike butts. Thanks Tim, I'm quite pleased with it. I love the 'wear' on the animal skin covering....which is worn through to the shaft where the thumb would be placed. A real 'user' that has been 'used' :cool:

Hi 'Nando,
no, unfortunately I do not have "Waffen aus Zentral-Africa" :o ....an excellent reference.......but expensive. When finances allow I will get a copy......trouble is, sharp, pointy things keep saying to me "buy me" .... ;)

Kind Regards David

[Lew]

Trouble is, sharp, pointy things keep saying to me "buy me" ....

Kind Regards David

David

It seems I suffer from the same ailment as you. :( ;)