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Old 19th June 2006, 10:55 PM   #1
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Hello Katana,

I just find your spear tip question. What you have is definitely a spear tip from the Tubu living in the South East Sahara, mostly in Chad, but also in Niger and South Libya. For reference you can look in Peter Fuchs; Die Völker der Südost-Sahara; page 31. There are some similarities to Mangbetu spears, that's right, but they all have asymmetrical blades. Attached also a Tubu spear (the first from above) from my collection. This throwing spears are around 130 cm long and have at the end of the wooden shaft a small copper winding.

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I'm not sure how you are identifing the top Spear. Are you calling it Tabu?
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Old 19th June 2006, 11:02 PM   #2
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I am certain Wodimi is refering to the top spear
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Old 19th June 2006, 11:10 PM   #3
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So we now have this spear point idnetifiede as Zande-Manbetu-Tabu?

Are these people related or from the same geographic area?
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