Spear Head Help Needed
 

Here is a spear head that I think is African in origin but I'm not quite sure. There is also a scabbard that has nothing to do with it but any comments on its possible age are also more than welcome.

Total length of spear head is 18-1/2 inches.
Blade length is 14-1/8 inches.
Blade width is 1-3/8 at widest point.
Blade thickness is slightly less than 1/8 inch.

Scabbard length is 16-3/4 inches.
Width as widest point is 2-1/4 inches.

Again thanks for any help offered. :D

Robert

I would say that the spear head is African.

The spear head is almost certainly African, though I have no clue about the exact origin.

More interesting to me is the scabbard which is a far better then usual scabbard for a Filipino 'talibon' sword. From the looks of it, I'd say early to middle 20th Cent.

Montino and Charles,
Thanks for your input on the spear head. Now if someone could just tell me who made it. I was thinking that the scabbard could possible date from the very end of the 19th century up to about WWII. I don't think it is any newer than that, but what do I know. :D

Scabbard looks to be from the Eastern Visayas (Leyte, Samar, Cebu) -- mid-20th C. or thereabouts from its appearance.

Ian.

Ian,
Thanks for the info. Could possibly you offer any insight on the origins of the spear head? :D


Robert

The scabbard is for a garab.

hey all:
I'm new here, but I think I can answer who made it.
My good friend just came back from a hunting trip in africa, and he brought home a spear that looks just like the head you have.
It was presented to him for a great shot, from a masai warrior assist chief.
Hope this helps.

Spearhead is Africann from Ex Belgian Congo, Ngbandi tribe.

My thanks to everyone for their help in identifying the spear head and for your help on dating the scabbard. :D

Robert