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4th April 2010, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
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Possible Mandaya Spear Head?
Just picked this up on ebay. Seems to be Mandaya?
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4th April 2010, 08:58 PM
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EAAF Staff
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Does look Mandaya in profile and form, although it does not have the details engraved into it.
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5th April 2010, 01:44 AM
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Location: Kernersville, NC, USA
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I think you paid too much.
 Just kidding.From "The History of Steel in Eastern Asia" by the Macao Museum of Art: "Mandaya spears are double edged with a central ridge and a distinct V-point. Spearheads are socketed to the shaft instead of a tang. Occasionally there is fine chiseling and paneling (#29). " This one seems to fit the bill. Can't tell from the pics if it's socketed or tanged, though. Nice! Steve |
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5th April 2010, 02:24 AM
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EAAF Staff
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From here I can tell it is socketed.
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9th April 2010, 10:06 PM
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The spear arrived today and I cleaned it up funny it seems to have a plastic ring separating the head from the socket? There is part of the shaft still stuck in the socket and it appears to made of bahi or palm wood lots of small black dots in the cross section.
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9th April 2010, 10:13 PM
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Vikingsword Staff
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Can you see a tang inside the socket ?
 A couple of examples of the metuk to socket transition . Last edited by Rick; 9th April 2010 at 10:28 PM. |
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