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					Originally Posted by colin henshaw
					
				 
				These spears seem a bit atypical for African weapons, in fact they remind me more of European polearms, such as the "Langue de Boeuf"... 
			
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 Given the Portuguese trading post and fort established on the coast since 1495 that seems quite plausible. 
 
Similar perhaps to the complex hilt swords seen in coastal Congo from the same influences.