Ngombe / Mongo Spear Head
Équateur District, Congo Free State - Équateur Province, Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Ca. 1900
Steel
Blade: 33,7cm
Blade & Socket: 41,9cm
Collection Date: 2022

Ex. Scott Bergmans Collection: Lommel, Belgium (2022)
Ex. Belgian Collection (ca. 1900)

Ngombe / Mongo spearhead of steel construction. Flared base ends tapering to a point at the tip. Medial ridge present between two circular cut-out holes. The center is blackened. Likely used as currency. From an old Belgian collection ca. 1900.

• https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316468

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1855-1220-111

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1979-01-1870

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1901-0608-19