Makere Spear
Makere Spear
Makere / Mangbetu
Uélé District, Congo Free State – Haut-Uéle District, Orientale Province, Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) / Central Africa
Late 19th - Early 20th century (ca. 1890 - 1900)
Steel, wood, copper
Blade: 25,4cm
Blade & Socket: 37,5cm
Total Length: 153,7cm
Collection Date: 2023
Ex. Scott Bergmans Collection: Lommel, Belgium (2023)
Ex. Belgian Collection: (ca. 1900)
Spear of the Makere, a subgroup of the Mangbetu. The steel spearhead blade is flared at the base and tapers to a point with a slight medial ridge through its entirety. Steel socket. Wooden shaft with copper wire binding and a steel butt spike at its end. From an old Belgian collection. Ca. 1900.