spears of vietnam for comment
 

Here are 11 spears of the Moi of vietnam people collected by edmond grethen Chief Inspector of the native guard in Indochina. reduced in france in 1920/1930 by its femmme.
I just bought has his grandson...
some pictures before cleaning and after
It measures between 2.30 m and 2.70 long
irons for Spears between 30 and 68 cm
the Poles are carved for some they are hardwood and bamboo, some are brass before iron wire..
bamboo is a braiding

spears cleaned

Very nice.

Beautiful set. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice and great to have them with provenance! :cool:

These are the first spears from that area I have seen. These are lovely and elegant examples and you have done a nice job of cleaning them without over doing it!

Outstanding!

Beautiful to view cleaned and displayed, thank you.

Gavin

An excellent & unusually specific collection of rare provinced pieces!

Thanks for sharing, they look great!

spiral

Outstanding. Many thanks for sharing.

Very rarely seen examples, all in exceptional condition!

Excellent collection of very uncommon spears.

The asymmetrical spear head (fourth from the top of those mounted on the wall) seems to stand out from the rest in terms of style, and it particularly caught my eye because I have a very similar example that comes from the Naga people of Assam in NE India.

Ian.

Congratulations Weapons 27,

Fantastic grouping...rare, and in great condition....love seeing the full length polearms....and the unique blade types. The display looks great! Love seeing things I haven't seen! Thanks for sharing! :)

Great collection - thanks for posting !

On further looking into the Moi people, it appears that moi was a pejorative Vietnamese term meaning "savage" and was applied to various tribal groups in the central and southern Vietnamese highlands. The French referred to them as Montagnard, a generic term for mountain people, and more recently they have been called Degar.

Attached below is an etching from 1883 of two men labeled Types of Moi. The one on the left has a large mak resting on his shoulder and the one on the right has a spear similar to several shown above.

Ian

Thanks for sharing your collection, there are not many examples of these online.

Thank you for sharing.

Interesting area. complete new to me. I always stuck in Indonesia ocassionally Africa.

It makes an impressive display due to the lentgth and the rather large number of spears.

Do you have daylight close ups of the metal winding of the shafts ?

Best regards,
Willem

Only three words come to mind... WOW!!!

hi willem
Here are the photos of Spears Sockets
and the bamboo