Log in

View Full Version : Indonesian spears from? Aceh?


Mytribalworld
2nd July 2007, 05:32 AM
HI,

I bougth some spears last week, but don't know where they come from..
Aceh,Java or ?
Maybe one of you know anything more?
the longest is 220 cm long.

Arjan.

Bill M
2nd July 2007, 05:41 AM
I would bet that #4 is Javanese, possibly #2 also. Alan Maisey would know. He knows everything Javanese.

CharlesS
2nd July 2007, 12:11 PM
Identifying the origin, especially the "original origin"...I mean who made the spear , not necessarily who used it(via trade, etc.)...is a tricky business with Indo Malay spears. I agree with Bill about #4, but can't confirm.

josh stout
2nd July 2007, 04:34 PM
I would agree that the shape of #4 is exactly like Javanese spear heads I have seen.
Josh

Henk
2nd July 2007, 10:04 PM
Those spears look according to the fittings Sumatran to me. The fourth one looks like a javanese tombak.