CONGOLESE SLAVER’S SPEAR HEAD C.1860-90

From the Baptist Missionary Society Collection sold in London about 1985. 13 ⅞” length. Finely forged with medially ridge leaf shaped point and butted seam conical socket, Forge finished and used with the black scale surface intact. The edges only sharpened and originally providing a n impressive and menacing contrast. The scale now near complete one side and about 60% complete the other scattered superficial storage rust. The collection traveled to churches in England on “mission Sundays” to raise money for the missions. The presumption was that the owner had given up slaving and the spear upon conversion to Christianity.