View Full Version : Unusual spear - Naga ?
colin henshaw
10th April 2013, 12:11 PM
Hi there
Here is a strange spear I acquired recently, might well be Naga (North East India/Burma). Does anyone have an idea as to its purpose - ceremonial, religious, fishing etc ?? What could the bamboo attachment be for ?
Thanks in advance...
mross
10th April 2013, 06:53 PM
I would venture a guess and say fishing. It does bear a passing (very passing) resembelence to a eel spear. Though based on construction it could be a harpoon. Since these two are opposites I'm just giving a SWAG.
fearn
10th April 2013, 08:07 PM
Is the bamboo stuck on, or does it slide?
colin henshaw
10th April 2013, 09:12 PM
Is the bamboo stuck on, or does it slide?
It can be moved a bit, but this could be just because the bamboo has an age split in one place. Also there is a sort of thin sleeve underneath which looks like it has been there a long time. Difficult to say whether the bamboo was originally meant to be fixed or to slide.
colin henshaw
13th April 2013, 11:52 AM
Thanks for the replies so far.... any more ideas, anything comparable elsewhere in South-East Asia ?
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