Lance · Indonesia · ID: 3039259
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Size
L: 217 cm
L: 85.4 inch
Description
leaf-shaped tip from Damascene steel with pamor painting, metal socket, round shaft from red hardwood with fine carvings over entire length, tassel of goat’s hair, slightly dam. (shaft end), light traces of corrosion;
lances with goat’s hair tassels and fine carved shafts can be found with the Bada and Kulawi on Sulawesi. They are called “tawara”.
The object Lance with the object ID 3039259 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 3.
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Comparing literature
Van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 43