MONGO (african) spears

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

Found today, 2 Mongo spears, sorry for the bad pics.
Nice,old, but I have to work on it !
I need help this week-end :D
Luc

[Tim Simmons]

Very nice. I have a very similar copper version that ends with a spike .

[Congoblades]

Indeed nice finding but the second one is Saka I think :rolleyes:

[Freddy]

Nice spears, Luc.

Show them again when they are cleaned.

I checked with Westerdijk (IJzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika - Ironwork from Central-Africa). According to this author both your spears come from the Nkutshu-Tetela group living in Central-Congo. As these spears were also used as currency, they can be easily found amongst neighbouring tribes (such as Mongo, Kutu, Saka, etc...)

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

I've cleaned them, it was hard .
The stem are completely covered with copper ribbons and strips.
Spear point in good condition, with engravings.
Luc

[Flavio]

Very nice Luc, congratulations!!!!!!!

[Tim Simmons]

Good job!!

[Flavio]

Here is mine (no better pics at the moment!!) is like one if yours Luc.


opppssss the pictures!!!!