S.E. Asian spear
I would guess this is from Philippines or Indonesia, but would any of the Southeast Asia specialists care to offer an opinion? I've noticed some recent posts discussing ferrule forms: this one has a fairly plain copper ferrule below the head, also a thin-walled copper ferrule on the butt end. The shaft struck me as nicely made, worked into a regular 8-sided form. I couldn't see any old inscriptions on the shaft. Overall length of the spear is 169 cm.
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