Hairy spear/ lance
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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 |
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.
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Beautiful spear Danny! :) Agree about the origin. Would like to see the the spear point cleaned up! :D
Regards, Detlef |
Tawara
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!
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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. |
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Here a nice photograph of a row of spears from Celebes, made by Albert Grubauer around 1911.
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:eek: Beautiful spear display Willem! From where are the both with the awry shafts? Regards, Detlef |
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.. |
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