5th March 2020, 04:09 AM | #1 |
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Bagobo Datu Spear
Greetings folks.
Here is the only Bagobo datu spear I have. I just finished restoring it based on research from old pictures and Krieger’s work. The blade is steel with silver and bronze/brass dots. All of the silver inlays are reminiscent of Moro datu kris blade work. Beneath the blade are a bronze collar with worn down spirals and a brass collar with “figures” chased in it. Below all of that is a section of brass hammered wire, held at the bottom with a bone ring. At the distal end the spear was split and I glued that, then made the Bagobo figured brass sleeve with a hammered cap at the end. I would place this at the end of the 19th century. |
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