Indonesian ? spear for I.D. and comment

[Maurice]

Colin,

The carvings in the wooden shaft: Are they all circular rings?
Or are there also some in other form? (can you post an image of the other shapes if there are?)

Thanks,
Maurice

[colin henshaw]

Originally Posted by Maurice

Colin,

The carvings in the wooden shaft: Are they all circular rings?
Or are there also some in other form? (can you post an image of the other shapes if there are?)

Thanks,
Maurice

Hi Maurice

The carvings on the shaft are just circular rings, here is a close-up image.

Regards.

[fernando]

Hand made rings ... right?

[colin henshaw]

Originally Posted by fernando

Hand made rings ... right?

I have examined the rings carefully, and although they are quite regular, I think they have been cut by hand, as opposed to by any type of lathe.

[Maurice]

Thank you Colin for the image of the wooden shaft.

I looked around here and there if I was able to find a similar lance.
But unfortunately I didn't!

But I vote for Borneo!
Not quite dayak, but in some area of Borneo where also Malay or Indonesian people or other outlandish people were wandering around...

Kind Regards,
Maurice

[colin henshaw]

Hi Maurice,

Interesting viewpoint on the origin of this spear. Now you mention it...the profile of the steel blade is quite like those to be often found lashed to the tip of Dayak blowpipes.

Do you have any references/illustrations you can post ?

Best regards
Colin

Originally Posted by Maurice

Thank you Colin for the image of the wooden shaft.

I looked around here and there if I was able to find a similar lance.
But unfortunately I didn't!

But I vote for Borneo!
Not quite dayak, but in some area of Borneo where also Malay or Indonesian people or other outlandish people were wandering around...

Kind Regards,
Maurice

[Maurice]

That's indeed what I was insinuating, but also some spearheads from Borneo have this shape (not only the blowpipes)...
Also I've seen silver ferrules on spears with provenance from Borneo, and also I've seen such decoration on a wooden shaft of Borneo spears before.
But I could be mistaken ofcourse. But for me it feels like it has some Borneo features...

Is the part where the spearhead is entering the ferrule (accented yellow) as flat as the blade itself?
On the dayak lances and blowpipes I've had in the past and still have, this part was also flat as the whole tang, which is attached on the wooden shaft with braided ratan...(see examples).