Twistcore Moro spear with provenance, collected in 1872!

[kai]

Was the loop on the end of the spear for cordage and retrieval; obviously one would not want to lose such a valuable item.

Budiak were mainly intended for close-range hand-hand combat rather than being thrown.

Such a loop is not unusual but far from universal. Apart from allowing to place the non-business end on soggy soil, I'm wondering whether it also may have helped storage by keeping it in a vertical hanging position (i. e. not prone to bending the pole)?

Regards,
Kai