Another African wand, scepter, spear.

[Tim Simmons]

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

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

It looks like a sub-saharian work.
Mali, Burkina faso, Niger, Nigeria.
But I have no documentation on it.
Luc

[Tim Simmons]

It does have that look. Could have come from Mali to the N,Cameroon. Thanks Tim.

[tom hyle]

That's a wooden hand-grip?

[Tim Simmons]

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

[Freddy]

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 :D

[Tim Simmons]

Cleaned, the decorated part is square section. Tim

[Freddy]

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 ? :)

[Tim Simmons]

Yes indeed, interesting, I agree about no specific relation. a staff like

[Tim Simmons]

Long time to wait to see another. Ended on ebay a few days ago. Still a mystery?

[Martin Lubojacky]

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