Question about unknown spear
 

Hello
This lot of spears was sold in a spanish auction. My question is about one of this spears.
The spear has recurved blade, but I can,t identified origin.
Could you help me?

Thanks
Carlos

Hello Carlos,

Not my field but the lot looks Asian to me.
The spear with recurved blade is not a spear but a pole arm.
My two cents.

Anyway it is a nice lot.

Nice Pole Arm. I also think 'Asian' - possibly South-East Asia. Maybe Thai?

The one on the far right is African. A couple from the Philippines.. The rest SEA.

They are a big mix. Many of these are Igorot spears and others are Philippine fishing spears. One or two are African.

Not sure about the rest.

I'm assuming the only one you care about is the recurved one.

It puts me in mind of a somewhat flamboyant machete stuck on a pole, but maybe that's just because of the size of the socket looks like it would make a very comfortable grip. I don't recognize it as a type of polearm, but that's meaningless because there are infinite numbers of things that I don't recognize.

There are carvings in the blade, do you have better pictures of those?
Do you have pictures that better show the pins holding the device to the shaft? They look somewhat ornate, maybe that would give us (and by us I mean someone else) a clue.