• Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

  • Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon

Mongo Hippopotamus Harpoon
Mongo, Ngombe, Doko, or surrounding neighbors
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
Blade & Socket: 27,9cm
Total Length: 151,8cm
Collection Date: 2023


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


Hippopotamus hunting harpoon of the Mongo People or closely surrounding neighbors. The steel arrow shaped head features linear incisions on one side, offset on reverse. Flared barbs on opposite sides with a long socket having notched edges. Wooden shaft with iron bindings. From an old Belgian collection. Ca. 1900.