Mongo Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

  • Mongo Currency Spear

Mongo Spear
Mongo, Lokele, So, Olombo, Mba, Hanga
Équateur District, Congo Free State - Équateur Province, Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th - Early 20th century (ca. 1890 - 1900)
Steel, wood, iron, copper, plant fiber
Blade: 51,4cm
Blade & Shaft: 112,4cm
Blade, Shaft, Butt Spike: 170,8cm
Collection Date: 2023
Collection Number: 334



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



A large Congolese spear from the Mongo people or neighboring tribes. The broad leaf-shaped spear head is made of steel, blackened at the center with linear grooves on one half of the blade that taper into a medial ridge toward the point. The grooves are offset on the reverse side. There is a circular hole cutout and edged notchings near the base.

Wooden shaft with plant fiber wound to attach the spear head. Small section of copper binding on the shaft. Massive and heavy iron octagonal butt spike at the end. From an old Belgian collection. Ca. 1900.