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Originally Posted by Ian
Good find Fabrice and the spear looks to be in good condition. How old do you think it may be?
Ian.
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Hello Ian, hello to all members,
To see the patina and forging work of the iron tip, I will most probably say the last third of the 19th.
Can we imagine that this type of harpoon disappeared with the arrival of guns and the French invasion since 1870 .... ??? Then this ''nice'' harpoon would probably date from the 1870s / 1890s.
Which would explain that they are very little known or almost unknown and little documented.
We can also imagine that the small size of these harpoon could have come from a Pygmy "Mbuti" origin, but for the moment I can not say anything other than hypotheses.
And according to my first research of which I quoted the sources, its origin is attributed to the Mbete people of the region (districts of Cuvette-West region in the Republic of the Congo)
Have a nice day, or evening...
Fabrice