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Tribal SPEAR

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:270.00 - 375.00 USD
Tribal SPEAR
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Northern Luzon, Philippines. I acquired this spear from an aged Kalinga-tribe warrior who said it was taken on several head-hunting forays but never killed a local. However he stated he inherited it from his father who HAD killed a Japanese soldier with it in an ambush during the Second World War. 61" long with a characteristic and secure blade of iron set in a tough and hard shaft having carved and rattan decoration below the blade and a nice iron ferrule at the base. Excellent condition throughout, and early 20th C. making.