i brought back something similar. since they were too long, me and my cousin took the spears to a local furniture shop. the face on one of the workers was priceless; prolly the same reaction one would get if i buy a brand new car and take it to an auto shop to have it spray painted using spray cans, lol. reason we took it over there? to get it cut. i asked the same worker if here recognize what it is, and he told me those two pictured below were bagobo, and were very, very old. my reason to believe him? he didn't have anything to gain, and he's a bagobo. the whole time he keep mumbling something. i asked my cousin what he's saying and he said something to the effect "what a pity!". i told my cuz to tell him that i will put it back together when i get back to manila (didn't tell anyone i'm from the states), and it's the only way to get it on the plane.
anyhow, i'm also posting a budiak that i had the place cut and is now put together with a rattan bind.
btw, for info purposes, the shaft is made out of anahaw...
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