I HAVE READ IN SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF THROWING WEAPONS REFERED TO AS DARTS THAT WERE THROWN IN BATTLES AND AMBUSH "UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE OR WHEN"

. PERHAPS THAT IS WHAT THESE TWO SHORT SPEARS ARE, IT MIGNT BE POSSIBLE TO THROW A HANDFUL AT ONCE BY HOLDING THEM BY THE END AND SLINGING THEM IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FOE OR PERHAPS MORE ACCURATELY ONE AT A TIME.