Help Identifying the Origin of this Spearhead

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

Hey CharlesS,

Wonderful stuff you have shown! random, off topic question; do you have Arabian spears? sorry and hope this does not derail the topic :-)

An Arab lance(and I assume you mean the super long ones) has a been a real collecting desire of mine A.Alnakkas, but I have never seen an Arabian lance offered or in anything other than period photos, drawings, and paintings.

I have sort of put that desire in the "never gonna happen" category of my collecting, along with quite a few other things!

[A.alnakkas]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

An Arab lance(and I assume you mean the super long ones) has a been a real collecting desire of mine A.Alnakkas, but I have never seen an Arabian lance offered or in anything other than period photos, drawings, and paintings.

I have sort of put that desire in the "never gonna happen" category of my collecting, along with quite a few other things!

I do not wish to derail this topic! will send you an email.

[Sajen]

Hello Charles,

very interesting spear head, it seems that we have sometimes the same desire, I was bidding also.
I think that this spear head is either from the North of Sumatra (Batak?) or from the Dayak, I only know items from them with this kind of talismanic inscriptions. When I have to commit myself I would go for Batak because of the ferrule. And yes, I know, both are not islamic.

Regards,
Detlef