Borneo Spear Question

kai · 19th July 2009, 12:02 AM

Hello David,

The pictured piece does look like a fishing spear to me (simlar examples can be found all over the archipelago).

Trisula were known mounted on poles (decorated examples usually for ceremonial functions) and apparently also utilized with a short hilt as stabbing/parrying weapons. However, trisula always seem to have much more of a distance between the prongs than those marks on Fernando's armour.

Regards,
Kai

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19th July 2009, 12:02 AM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello David, The pictured piece does look like a fishing spear to me (simlar examples can be found all over the archipelago). Trisula were known mounted on poles (decorated examples usually for ceremonial functions) and apparently also utilized with a short hilt as stabbing/parrying weapons. However, trisula always seem to have much more of a distance between the prongs than those marks on Fernando's armour. Regards, Kai