Zemanek-Münster

Lance

Indonesia
not available anymore
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”.


Comparing literature

Van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 43

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