looking for information on African spear

Tim Simmons · 3rd March 2009, 05:42 PM

The copper wrap reminds me of a spear I have which in "waffen aus zentral-Africa" is said to be Nkutshu, Tetela. It also has a long spike but my spear is all copper and the blade is different but the wrap is exactly the same.

Freddy · 3rd March 2009, 07:20 PM

My guess is that the spearhead is Konda and is a later addition. The Konda have weapons with all kinds of odd shapes.

The shaft look genuine, like Tim said.

Here two weapons from the book 'Standing on Ceremony - Traditional African Arms from the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection ' . In the book the tribe is a called 'Ekonda'. Look at the similarity, especially with the first weapon.

3rd March 2009, 05:42 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	The copper wrap reminds me of a spear I have which in "waffen aus zentral-Africa" is said to be Nkutshu, Tetela. It also has a long spike but my spear is all copper and the blade is different but the wrap is exactly the same.

3rd March 2009, 07:20 PM	#2
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	My guess is that the spearhead is Konda and is a later addition. The Konda have weapons with all kinds of odd shapes. The shaft look genuine, like Tim said. Here two weapons from the book 'Standing on Ceremony - Traditional African Arms from the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection ' . In the book the tribe is a called 'Ekonda'. Look at the similarity, especially with the first weapon.