A bronze spear head ... African ?

Lew · 22nd January 2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by katana

Hi Lew,
Very nice spear

.... the sheath ( the bulbous disc shaped end) on your spear looks to be from the Dan tribe....do you know if it is ?

Regards David

Yes Katana

It is Dan tribe. Actually Charles sold a similar one a few months back but I believe his had a wooden shaft wish I kept a picture of it.

Lew

katana · 22nd January 2009, 10:20 PM

Hi Lew,
thanks for the reply, its just that there is a design on the metal shaft (on yours) the triangles within bands, which is similar to one of my spears...still unidentified, 2nd picture down on this thread
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5772

Regards David

22nd January 2009, 10:20 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Lew, thanks for the reply, its just that there is a design on the metal shaft (on yours) the triangles within bands, which is similar to one of my spears...still unidentified, 2nd picture down on this thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5772 Regards David