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danny1976
25th March 2014, 04:59 PM
Hello,

Picked up today some spears and two of them are imo intresting i will post them seperatly .

This one is imo from Celebes with a great bunch of horse hair( i think.)
In Holland for at least 50 years that is how long the previous owner had it
Total length is 2.30 m

Ofcourse if there is another opininion about the origin i like to hear it .

Regards ,

Danny
VANDOO
25th March 2014, 05:28 PM
A VERY NICE SPEAR NOT OFTEN SEEN, I HAVE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE CELEBES SO CAN'T BE OF MUCH HELP. THEY DO USE HAIR ON THEIR SWORDS THERE SO HAIR ON A SPEAR WOULD FIT. THE HAIR REMINDS ME OF THAT USED ON NAGA WEAPONS FROM INDIA, ASSAM ,ECT. BUT IS NOT NEATLY AND EVENLY CUT AS THEY DO.
Sajen
25th March 2014, 08:10 PM
Beautiful spear Danny! :) Agree about the origin. Would like to see the the spear point cleaned up! :D

Regards,
Detlef
Albert
25th March 2014, 09:38 PM
It probably is a tawara from Celebes (see: Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, page 143). The hair, usually goat's hair, should not run op to the point, but should stop about half way the shaft. I'll post a picture later. Does the foot of the shaft have an iron spike? Congrats with this acquisition!
asomotif
25th March 2014, 11:04 PM
Hello Danny,

The decorated woodcarving and the hair looks familiar.
I have similar examples and as far as I know this is indeed celebes.

Not a tawara as far as I am concerned.
Albert
26th March 2014, 12:51 PM
Here a nice photograph of a row of spears from Celebes, made by Albert Grubauer around 1911.
Sajen
26th March 2014, 07:03 PM
Hello Danny,

The decorated woodcarving and the hair looks familiar.
I have similar examples and as far as I know this is indeed celebes.

Not a tawara as far as I am concerned.




:eek: Beautiful spear display Willem! From where are the both with the awry shafts?

Regards,
Detlef
danny1976
26th March 2014, 08:14 PM
Hi ,

Willem And Albert thank you for the photo's from the spears , it helps à lot And intresting to see .
I wil adjust the hair back in the right position.

Yes Detlef i,m currious also how point wil look after cleaning but i don,t expect something special . When the point is clean i wil post à Photo of it , in end no iron spike maybe its lost in the years..