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A.alnakkas 24th July 2014 03:19 PM

Spearhead for comments
 
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Hello,

I have bought this spearhead, I thought its Indian judging by the quality but could be north African?

Once cleaned, some script appeared on the socket.

ArmsAndAntiques 25th July 2014 12:43 AM

A nice Indian spear. It appears to have Bikaner armory markings. Probably dates to 17th-late 18th C. or so.

colin henshaw 25th July 2014 09:41 AM

Strange - the head of this spear does look exactly like the tip of an older East African (Masai etc) spear ? :shrug:

A.alnakkas 25th July 2014 01:05 PM

Arabian spears look like this too. The blade has excellent quality.

A.alnakkas 25th July 2014 02:35 PM

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These are supposedly Arabian spears. So I guess it is Arabian... now the script... could be Arabic but I am not being able to read it? Its currently in Qatar and should be sent to me later on.

Runjeet Singh 25th July 2014 04:00 PM

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I have this Arab gun, which has inscriptions of similar style / language?
Perhaps it could help pin-point your spear?

Regards
Runjeet

Iain 25th July 2014 04:01 PM

Not to derail the thread, but the last spear on the right in the book image looks very much like a form common on Somalia. :)

A.alnakkas 25th July 2014 06:01 PM

Supposedly some Arab spears look like that Somali one too :/ hmmm

Timo Nieminen 25th July 2014 11:18 PM

What does the other side of the head look like? Are both sides ridged?

A.alnakkas 26th July 2014 12:19 AM

Both sides are ridged.

Kubur 26th July 2014 04:40 AM

Senegalese spears look like some Celtic ones
Nevertheless there is no link
It is the reason why, I think the track of the script is a good track...


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