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Join Date: Aug 2013
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Hello,
some time ago I picked up this spear point at a flea market. My first thoughts were Indo-Persian. Don't know why but the general shape reminded me of that region. But after a visit to the new weapons room at the Rijksmuseum I started to doubt this attribution. So I wondered if someone here could help me out determining where this spear originates, and from what period it dates. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NC, U.S.A.
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Very nice piece with great patina. My guess is that it is an 18th century spontoon head, although which European nation is anyone's guess. I see why you thought Indo-Persian with the general shape, but I still suspect that its Western-
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