Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - African spear with bell, sold on eBay, ..comments?

Freddy · 10th August 2006, 10:59 AM

Way to expensive for an African spear ! In Belgium, you can find them a lot cheaper.

I checked 'IJzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika' (Iron work from Central Africa) by H. Westerdijk (1975). He writes that this type of spear originates from the Mongo- people and is more a kind of status symbol.

In 'Dodelijk mooi' (Deadly beauty - Beauté fatale) similar spears are attributed to the Poto, Doko, Ngombe and Iboko from the northwestern part of Congo.
I've seen pics with warriors, dancing with that type of spear.

Tomorrow, I'll put some pics on the forum.

10th August 2006, 10:59 AM	#4
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Nice Way to expensive for an African spear ! In Belgium, you can find them a lot cheaper. I checked 'IJzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika' (Iron work from Central Africa) by H. Westerdijk (1975). He writes that this type of spear originates from the Mongo- people and is more a kind of status symbol. In 'Dodelijk mooi' (Deadly beauty - Beauté fatale) similar spears are attributed to the Poto, Doko, Ngombe and Iboko from the northwestern part of Congo. I've seen pics with warriors, dancing with that type of spear. Tomorrow, I'll put some pics on the forum.