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17th April 2012, 08:48 PM
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This is another interesting spearhead. The length is 95 cms, maximal width of the blade is 4.3 cms, inner diameter of the sleeve is only 2 cms. The bulbous part is made of bronze, the blade is steel. It should be Cameroon, but I am not sure about more detailed location. My idea is the engravings on the blade are Touareg - like, the bronze part is like from Vere or Mambila region (?; strange mixture). Curator of African collection in Naprstek Museum in Prague is of the opinion this comes from grassland (?)
Regards, Martin |
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17th April 2012, 08:54 PM
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17th April 2012, 10:18 PM
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Very interesting Martin. The pattern in the bronze certainly appears on Vere daggers but I have also seen it on other groups as well. Thanks for sharing.
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31st December 2013, 10:01 PM
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Hi Martin,
To bring this old thread back to life, I received today this lance head which is like the one you showed. Only mine is smaller at 67cm. Blade design is similar, interestingly mine has a little leather scabbard, not a feature I saw before. |
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31st December 2013, 10:17 PM
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Hi Iain,
This is really very interesting piece. Congratulations Martin |
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1st January 2014, 11:56 AM
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I found few images from a parade in Ngaoundere in Cameroon which show similar scabbards on spears.
Images are taken from flickr on this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikaram...7606151530689/ |
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