fernando
11th December 2005, 10:16 PM
This is a real coincidence!
Four days after i bought my first African spear, i stepped on the next one.
I must advance this is a poor piece, colectionwise. The blade has a severe wound, reason why this spear was selling for the equivalent to 15 dollars. But it remains entire and solid, with 14" length, 1 3/4" wide.
The haft is 29" long, and its thickness varies between 7/8" near the blade, 1" at the butt, and a slim 5/8" at the central section.
According to what i have been learning, this should be a stabbing spear, zulu or not.
The new part to me is the collar that secures the haft fixation to the blade: a folded iron ferrule (?).
I wonder if this was also a system used currently by the period spear makers.
Could this be a zulu specimen ?
Much obliged for any coments
fernando
Four days after i bought my first African spear, i stepped on the next one.
I must advance this is a poor piece, colectionwise. The blade has a severe wound, reason why this spear was selling for the equivalent to 15 dollars. But it remains entire and solid, with 14" length, 1 3/4" wide.
The haft is 29" long, and its thickness varies between 7/8" near the blade, 1" at the butt, and a slim 5/8" at the central section.
According to what i have been learning, this should be a stabbing spear, zulu or not.
The new part to me is the collar that secures the haft fixation to the blade: a folded iron ferrule (?).
I wonder if this was also a system used currently by the period spear makers.
Could this be a zulu specimen ?
Much obliged for any coments
fernando