Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

  • Azande / Mangbetu Spear

Azande / Mangbetu Spear
Uélé Discrit, Congo Free State - Orientale Province, Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th - Early 20th century (ca. 1890 - 1900)
Steel, wood, copper, iron
Blade: 27,3cm
Blade & Socket: 44,5cm
Total Length: 177,2cm
Collection Date: 2023
Collection Number: 343

Ex. Scott Bergmans Collection: Belgium (2023)
Ex. Belgian Collection: (ca. 1900)

Spear associated with the Azande or Mangbetu People of the Congo. The steel arrow shaped head is flared toward the base and tapers to a sharp point. There is a rectangular cutout near the base with a raised center and a medial ridge. Edged notchings in the center to the base of the blade and extending to the socket. Wooden shaft with strips of copper and iron bindings. From an old Belgian collection. Ca. 1900.