Nguni Assagai / Ntlekwane Throiwing Spear

  • Nguni Assagai Spear

  • Nguni Assagai Spear

  • Nguni Assagai Spear

  • Nguni Assagai Spear

  • Nguni Assagai Spear

  • Nguni Assagai Spear

Nguni Assagai / Ntlekwane Throwing Spear
Nguni / Ndebele or surrounding neighbors
Zulu Kingdom - Boer Republic - Cololony of Natal (South Africa) - Swaziland (Eswatini) - Matabeleland (Zimbabwe)
Last half 19th century (ca. 1870s - 1890s)
Iron, wood, hide (cow)
Blade: 40,6cm
Blade & Socket: 44,5cm
Total Length: 165,7cm
Collection Date: 2024
Collection Number: 430

A very good spear from the Zulu Kingdom, probably Nguni, or Ndebele peoples. The double- edged iron blade is long and slender (Ntlekwane type) with a strong medial ridge, tapering to a point. One side of the medial ridge is flat, while the other side is concave. It is reversed on the opposite side. Iron socket. Long wooden shaft with cow hide binding to hold the socket in place. A light and nicely balanced older spear, complete. Likely from the 1870s Anglo- Zulu War era.