An rare museum piece Dajak

[Bill M]

Very nice! Congratulations also!

Waiting to see additional pictures. Spears are difficult to photograph.

[asomotif]

Some daylight might help

[Dajak]

The Item can be found in the data base off the museum collection .


I have to ask the museum conservator for the provonance off this item .


Ben

[VANDOO]

CONGRADULATIONS ON A VERY INTERESTING AND RARE ITEM.

I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A PRESTIGE, CEREMONIAL OR SYMBOL OF RANK ITEM FIRST AND A SPEAR SECONDARY. THE CARVED HEADS REMIND ME OF BATAK DECORATION, THERE IS DAYAK DESIGN ALSO AND THE FANCY CHIP CARVING AND COLUMN STYLE CARVING I CAN'T PLACE THE FINAL REMINDS ME OF A LOTUS BUD FORM SEEN IN INDIA, CHINA ECT. ,SO IT STRIKES ME AS A VARIETY OF CARVING FORMS. THE SPEAR POINT IS A VERY UNUSUAL FORM ALSO AND APPEARS TO BE OF VERY HIGH QUALITY, IT MAY BE EASIER TO PIN DOWN AS TO ORIGIN THAN THE CARVEING STYLES.
I HOPE YOU CAN GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION FROM THE MUSEUM ON THIS MOST INTERESTING ITEM. GOOD LUCK

[VVV]

What's unusual with this West Kalimantan spear is that they usually have a harpoon-like spearpoint, either single or double (like an inverted V).
I look forward to additional pictures as well as the provenance etc.

Michael

[Dajak]

Hi all thanks

Hi Michael it also looks that it has rare metal below the spearpoint.

Yes the rare form that is strange about this piece the metal around it is bound the same way you can find by pakayuns some mandau s.

The only thing at the moment that I now that it was collected before 1900.

Did you ever see that big spearpoint in Kopenhagen from Steen I never see an piece like that again .

Hi Vandoo the carving style is Dayak very old style I will try to make better pics off the carving and from the Juynboll book from 1910 Borneo Rijks etnografish museum

Ben

[asomotif]

that they usually have a harpoon-like spearpoint, either single or double (like an inverted V).

Michael, would you qualify these spears as Borneo ?