Trying to ID this Spear

[Ian]

Hi Detlef:

Yes, many names for these in different dialects and between different tribal groups. I have heard several of these names before from various sources, often times one person contradicting another. The usual issues with trying to find the "correct" native term.

I was trying to give youngbladerunner, who is new here, a simple term that he can find online or in books and that has been a general descriptor in the discussion of these types of spears.

For example, the Metroplitan Museum of Art in NY has identified a similar spear bequeathed to the museum by George C. Stone in 1935 as a falfeg. (http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-...e/search/30660).

Ian.

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Ian,

not inevitable, I have thought the same but Nonoy write in the thread i have posted in up the following:

This type of spearhead was used throughout the Northern Luzon Cordillera. They are popular among the Bontoc Igorot, Ifugao, Gaddang, Kalinga, Tinguian, Isneg, Applai, Ilongot, Isinay, etc. One notices that the shapes of the this type of spearhead have subtle differences. There are various terms used to call this spear, based on such differences. For example, if assuming that your spear is Bontoc, then it would be called "Pinilipo" because the neck is more or less cylindrical; as opposed to the "falfeg" which has four corners.

My best guest is that your spear is Ifugao, and it is a "Balabog" (generic term for a spear with such two prongs), but more specifically, it is a "Punol" (owing to the circular neck which gets thicker at the base).

I hope that this information was useful.

Nonoy

Of course it was regarding another type of spearhead but this let me think that this type would be called again different.

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Ian

I was trying to give youngbladerunner, who is new here, a simple term that he can find online or in books and that has been a general descriptor in the discussion of these types of spears.

Hi Ian,

yes, agree that he will find under this term the most informations.

Regards,
Detlef