Small Nias collection.

[Maurice]

At a sudden I ran into some Nias pieces.
Two status lances (from the same collection) and an old balato with original ratan ball. (amulets gone unfortunately, but hey.....I don't care). ;-)

[Gavin Nugent]

A beautiful and rare grouping/find Maurice...steering away from Borneo perhaps :-)))
The Balato is in super fine conditon too...could you please share an image of it out of the sheath.
You know how much I love spears too.....please show more!!!!!

Gav

[Indianajones]

Indeed very nice Nias items; quality! By the way, I would not bother the 'so-called missing amulates' as I think they have never been on there! Fabtastic patine also.
Congrats

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Indianajones

Indeed very nice Nias items; quality! By the way, I would not bother the 'so-called missing amulates' as I think they have never been on there! Fabtastic patine also.
Congrats

Thank you!
I'm not bothered about the missing charms.
It seemed that Nias people didn't bother to give away/sell their sword, but the balls with idols and charms where taken off before.

[Sajen]

Hi Maurice,

nice grab of three rare outstanding pieces.

Regards,

Detlef

[CharlesS]

Very nice pieces Maurice. I really love the elegant spears.

[David]

Originally Posted by Indianajones

Indeed very nice Nias items; quality! By the way, I would not bother the 'so-called missing amulates' as I think they have never been on there!

Since no one else has asked i guess i will. Why do you believe that there were never any "amulets" contained within the ball of this sheath?

[VVV]

Congratulations Maurice,

It looks like a beautiful patina on all 3 and the hilt is very unusual.

Michael

[ThePepperSkull]

Oh my goodness, that Balato is breathtaking. It steals the show in that small Nias grouping. Well done! How'd you end up with these?

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by David

Why do you believe that there were never any "amulets" contained within the ball of this sheath?

Nice balato Maurice.
Nice spears too.

Rattan ball looks great and original to me.
Are there signs that amulets have been attached in the past ?

[Jonno]

Very nice items Maurice.
Beautiful colors and patin on the ratan bands.

The Balato is great!!!

[kai]

Congrats, Maurice!

I like the understatement expressed by the balato pommel. I'm with Gav - more pics of all pieces, please!


Kai

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by kai

Congrats, Maurice!

I like the understatement expressed by the balato pommel. I'm with Gav - more pics of all pieces, please!


Kai

Thanks Kai,

Yes I like the expression of the pommel also very much.
Especially that little scroll on the top.
I've seen this version sometimes on old images/collections, but than the two protrusions are both equally long, not with one shorter little curl....

Maurice

[Maurice]

Here some images of both lances.
The wooden shaft butts of both lances have a metal point.
Only one has a lot of ratan bands (more than 100) around the wooden shaft.

[Gavin Nugent]

Thank you Maurice, very nice indeed....the forum now needs sound and a wolf whistle icon, these are some exotic lookers seldom seen or discussed.
I am looking forward to sitting back and learning some more about these in particular about the lances as I like 'em long.

Gav

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by freebooter

A beautiful and rare grouping/find Maurice...steering away from Borneo perhaps :-)))
The Balato is in super fine conditon too...could you please share an image of it out of the sheath.
You know how much I love spears too.....please show more!!!!!

Gav

Thanks Gav,

Never steering away from Borneo, but my interests in some "outside" Borneo areas are growing by the minute.
The balato is indeed in a very good condition. No damages or missing chips whatsoever, only 4 ratan bands around the scabbard are missing.
It has a nice old patina allover, and especially the handle shows glossy patina of handling.
Here some images of the balato out of the scabbard and a better image of the ratan ball.

Maurice