Spear ID Javelin length

Gavin Nugent · 23rd July 2023, 02:39 AM

I've had this aside in storage for 10-15 years I suspect... it's on the workbench today to have silver lead based paint removed to see what's hiding underneath and oil the timbers.

It's an unusual piece. Tapering octagonal shaft, Mother of pearl inlay and a large socket spear head.

It is javelin length but the weight and width of the shaft and size of the head, I feel it is more suitable from a marital application POV, that it would be used with a shield.

I've no idea what its true origins are... I thought perhaps Chinese/Sulawesi, perhaps Chinese/Maluka settlements... perhaps neither regions...

Thoughts and input welsome.

23rd July 2023, 02:39 AM	#1
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Spear ID Javelin length I've had this aside in storage for 10-15 years I suspect... it's on the workbench today to have silver lead based paint removed to see what's hiding underneath and oil the timbers. It's an unusual piece. Tapering octagonal shaft, Mother of pearl inlay and a large socket spear head. It is javelin length but the weight and width of the shaft and size of the head, I feel it is more suitable from a marital application POV, that it would be used with a shield. I've no idea what its true origins are... I thought perhaps Chinese/Sulawesi, perhaps Chinese/Maluka settlements... perhaps neither regions... Thoughts and input welsome. Attached Images