Hi all,
I was able to get my hands on interesting horn-tipped spear presumably from Sudan. I found one other thread in this forum's archives (link below) that discussed similar examples ascribing them to the Dinka, Shilluk, and Mandari peoples of Sudan. These ethnic and regional designations are consistent with the handful of museum specimens I could find (links below). However, my specimen has a faded "Unyoro" label painted on the shaft (third picture) which may suggest a Ugandan origin. Uganda is not too far away from Sudan and Nilotic speaking peoples originating in Sudan have migrated into Uganda over the last 4-5 centuries, such as the Karamojong people. However Nyoro people of the Unyoro (Bunyoro) kingdom are a Bantu people. Does anyone know of any sources suggesting the use of horn-tipped spears by the Nyoro and any other Bantu-speaking peoples? Thanks
Forum reference:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=horn+spear
Museum:
https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/objects/48.66.11056
https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/southernsud...8.1_a.jpg.html
https://southernsudan.prm.ox.ac.uk/d...0.1_a.jpg.html