Unusual Gunong To Share

[Spunjer]

Originally Posted by Robert

The first time I saw this dagger I was thinking the same thing about it once having inlay, but after it arrived I could find no evidence that it ever did. The engraving has very sharp edges and shows no signs of ever being peened to hold inlay in place. I wish that I could take a better photo that would show the chisel marks that are in the undercut areas that are used to highlight the design itself. Most of the main line design has a raised edge on one side of the groove only which would make it very hard to keep any inlaid material in place.

Best,
Robert

I'm with you that this didn't have any prior inlay. here's a picture of a similar style on a spearhead. as a matter of fact, this particular piece was brought back by Mr. Hayes, and was attributed to the Maranaos. hope this helps...