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Old 28th November 2007, 01:02 PM   #2
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I bought this spear initially thinking the crosses on its tip were a representation of the cross of Agadez, but the more I look at it, the more I think there is nothing Tuareg about it. r
you are correct, that cross has nothing from Agadez shape, the design is too clear to risk any misinterpretation

just a "track",
as basic rule, Muslims are repugnant to have any mark, design, form reminder for them a Christian sign

"you guess that should be Ethiopian may be of recent manufacture", it's a possibility, because that country has a very large Christian community since many century, but in Africa should not be the only one ....
but definitively very few chance from a country mainly muslim

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