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Spearhead identification

17th January 2023, 11:34 AM

Changdao

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter B.

This could also be a spear of the Pangwe (Fang) West-Africa (Cameroon, Gabon):

Günter Tessmann: The Pangwe 1913, S. 246
Description: gbun-akon (akon = spear) (a)

I've looked around a bit and I think that this is correct. I found a very similar spear in the British Museum collection.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collec...ject/E_Af-5724

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