My latest spear.

Tim Simmons · 16th March 2007, 06:32 PM

A nice old long spear from region South Sudan and East of Central Africa. 2.20m long with a lovely patina to a sturdy haft. A mean sharp blade. I have not seen one with such a long socket section.

I have also post this fantastic 19th century photo of Zande from the Pitt Rivers. Labeled as a dance. I think this is a statement of white man scoffing at the warriors organisational ability. I think this is more a display of drill or unified maneuvers. All this would be part of intimidatory tactics and could be seen as a dance. The need to all move in one direction and then the next could be visually disturbing. The disciplined forming and moving of armies on the battle field was all part of the psychology of war. In armies of the the 19th century, East Africa. The use of flags was normal by East African warriors. Not how we tend to think. A jumble of half naked rabble hopping up and down is far from reality. Fighting with such long spears when formed into a phalanx could not have been that different from the 300 Spartans.

16th March 2007, 06:32 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,739	My latest spear. A nice old long spear from region South Sudan and East of Central Africa. 2.20m long with a lovely patina to a sturdy haft. A mean sharp blade. I have not seen one with such a long socket section. I have also post this fantastic 19th century photo of Zande from the Pitt Rivers. Labeled as a dance. I think this is a statement of white man scoffing at the warriors organisational ability. I think this is more a display of drill or unified maneuvers. All this would be part of intimidatory tactics and could be seen as a dance. The need to all move in one direction and then the next could be visually disturbing. The disciplined forming and moving of armies on the battle field was all part of the psychology of war. In armies of the the 19th century, East Africa. The use of flags was normal by East African warriors. Not how we tend to think. A jumble of half naked rabble hopping up and down is far from reality. Fighting with such long spears when formed into a phalanx could not have been that different from the 300 Spartans.