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>>1878 Congolese warrior
>>>spear
Subject: mercenary warrior
Culture: tribal Congolese = Azande, Mongo, Ngombe, others
Setting: Belgian Congo late 19th-early 20thc
Object: spear


International Museum of Cultures *
"SPEAR HEAD
FITTED TO A LONG WOODEN SPEAR"




event photos

* Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art > Weapons and Warriors: The Art of Armaments
"Central African Spear  wood, metal" ...
​* Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art > Weapons and Warriors: The Art of Armaments

​Leeds City Museum > Collector's Cabinet *
[left]  "Spear  Central Africa, late 19th century  Wood and steel"

​Leeds City Museum > Collector's Cabinet *
[right]  "Spear  Central Africa, late 19th century  Wood and steel"





​* Manchester Museum > Belonging
"Spears.  Possibly Kuba Peoples.  
Democratic Republic of the Congo.  
19th-20th century." ....