Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

  • Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear

Ngandu / Mongo Currency Spear
Ngandu / Mongo / Saka or surrounding neighbors
Équateur District, Congo Free State - Eastern Équateur- Western Orientale Province, Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th - Early 20th century (ca. 1890 - 1920)
Iron, wood, copper
Blade: 55,6cm
Blade & Socket: 64,8cm
Total Length: 182,9cm
Collection Date: 2024
Collection Number: 417

A large spear of the Ngandu or Saka of the Mongo cluster. The large leaf shaped iron spearhead has a flared base that extends straight before tapering to a point. Thickened medial ridge. Iron socket with linear engravings. Wooden shaft with thick coiled copper wire and banded copper strips in the center. Iron spatulate butt. A large heavy currency spear densely decorated in copper.