Mongo Javelin
Mongo 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
Blade: 22,2cm
Blade & Socket: 29,8cm
Total Length: 138,4cm
Collection Date: 2023
Ex. Scott Bergmans Collection: Belgium (2023)
Ex. Belgian Collection: (ca. 1900)
Javelin of the Mongo People or closely surrounding neighbors. The steel arrow shaped head is flared toward the base and tapers to a sharp point. Center of two central fullers blackened, separated by medial ridge. Wooden shaft. From an old Belgian collection. Ca. 1900.