African short spear.

Lew · 1st October 2006, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mapico1

Hi G and welcome!
To me 1,2,3,4,6,8,10 are Ngbandi spears or related.
5 is Lega,7 is Boa,9 is Lokele,last seems Saka.
Small one......let's leave that one open for a while.....

I must tip my hat to you and Freddy I am still learning.

Lew

Tim Simmons · 2nd October 2006, 06:52 AM

I take it all back

. Seeing then all together like that I am sure its a good one. It just at first glance looked a little "unbalanced ?" I am sure a spear was a personal thing. The blade may have Saka influences. We have no idea what the users requirements were. Remember-

"there is always something new coming out of Africa" Pliny.

2nd October 2006, 06:52 AM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	I take it all back . Seeing then all together like that I am sure its a good one. It just at first glance looked a little "unbalanced ?" I am sure a spear was a personal thing. The blade may have Saka influences. We have no idea what the users requirements were. Remember- "there is always something new coming out of Africa" Pliny.