unusual Indonesian dagger for comment

DaveS · 17th July 2016, 03:30 AM

No doubt in my mind, It's definitely a remounted spear head. Probably Balinese...........Dave.

A. G. Maisey · 17th July 2016, 09:38 AM

Yes, Bali culture, but maybe from Lombok.

Recycled tombak?

Maybe, but if so it is quite unlike any Balinese or Javanese tombak I have ever seen.

In Lombok we have the sendirung and the tempius, both with blades quite similar to the one shown here, and maybe we could also include the cundrik.

Put one of these blades into a keris-like wrongko instead of the usual mundane dress and you've pretty much got what we're looking at.

17th July 2016, 03:30 AM	#1
DaveS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 327	No doubt in my mind, It's definitely a remounted spear head. Probably Balinese...........Dave.

17th July 2016, 09:38 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,988	Yes, Bali culture, but maybe from Lombok. Recycled tombak? Maybe, but if so it is quite unlike any Balinese or Javanese tombak I have ever seen. In Lombok we have the sendirung and the tempius, both with blades quite similar to the one shown here, and maybe we could also include the cundrik. Put one of these blades into a keris-like wrongko instead of the usual mundane dress and you've pretty much got what we're looking at.