Indonesian ? spear for I.D. and comment

Nathaniel · 3rd June 2011, 03:52 AM

Beautiful spear there Colin! Thanks for share! Looking forward to hearing what others have to say

Henk · 3rd June 2011, 10:06 AM

Very nice. Congrats. I would say Sumatra, Aceh.

asomotif · 3rd June 2011, 08:12 PM

Could be Sumatra, not necessarily Atjeh imho.

Maurice · 3rd June 2011, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asomotif

Could be Sumatra, not necessarily Atjeh imho.

Agree that it could be Sumatra but I don't think this is Atjeh!

Very nice spear though!

fernando · 3rd June 2011, 08:55 PM

A very fine piece indeed, Colin !
I would even call it an elegant weapon

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asomotif · 3rd June 2011, 09:23 PM

The silverwork is really nice.

Here is a thread for reference started by Danny.
Detelf posts an example with a similir spearhead :
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ombak+javanese

Henk · 3rd June 2011, 10:02 PM

You got some response now Colin. I used the book by Zonneveld. That gives Sumatra, Aceh, for this kind of spears. Well, Aceh or not, probably Sumatra, but a very fine piece.

Maurice · 3rd June 2011, 10:15 PM

As I noticed with some research I did recently on Danny's spears, I found out it's very difficult to nail down the origine of this kind of spears.
I'm almost sure that Danny's lances are Gayo/Atjeh lances.
Though this lancehead seem to be a little different in shape as the Atjeh/Gayo ones.

But that's just my feeling...

Lovely spear :-)

3rd June 2011, 03:52 AM	#1
Nathaniel Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 865	Beautiful spear there Colin! Thanks for share! Looking forward to hearing what others have to say

3rd June 2011, 10:06 AM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Very nice. Congrats. I would say Sumatra, Aceh.

3rd June 2011, 08:12 PM	#3
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,237	Could be Sumatra, not necessarily Atjeh imho.

3rd June 2011, 08:55 PM	#5
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	A very fine piece indeed, Colin ! I would even call it an elegant weapon .

3rd June 2011, 09:23 PM	#6
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,237	The silverwork is really nice. Here is a thread for reference started by Danny. Detelf posts an example with a similir spearhead : http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ombak+javanese

3rd June 2011, 10:02 PM	#7
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	You got some response now Colin. I used the book by Zonneveld. That gives Sumatra, Aceh, for this kind of spears. Well, Aceh or not, probably Sumatra, but a very fine piece.

3rd June 2011, 10:15 PM	#8
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,462	As I noticed with some research I did recently on Danny's spears, I found out it's very difficult to nail down the origine of this kind of spears. I'm almost sure that Danny's lances are Gayo/Atjeh lances. Though this lancehead seem to be a little different in shape as the Atjeh/Gayo ones. But that's just my feeling... Lovely spear :-)