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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 405308, member: 2844&quot;]The shield is Dayak, from the island of Borneo. It is in very good condition.</p><p>Probably made by the Bahau Dayak tribe of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Bahau are a sub-group of the Apo Kayan Dayak (for search terms).</p><p>The Dayak are what is called tribal, which is a more inward looking culture. Hence the use of locally sourced materials.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Minangkabau from the island of Sumatra (not Sumantra<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />) are Malays. They were organized as a state, and had a long history of outside contacts. For a very long time they were a Buddhist kingdom with strong ties with the Javanese kingdoms. The kingdom became Islamic in the 16th century.</p><p>Their shields were mostly metal and made in the general South and Southeast Asian tradition of round &#039;dahl&#039; shields.</p><p><br /></p><p>The spears could be Sumatran lembing/tombak, but I can&#039;t see much of them, could you post more pictures? There are none of the spearheads.</p><p>Those probably look like these, made for combat and ceremonial purposes. These short ones are made for close combat, they usually have handles or short shafts:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQTe4iJxIMCRN5uQF5lNMPIh-VzeJzQHQx8R4uOvnGcc34EMikrJQ&amp;sp=d05e4633a740617a89b8fa6f2760ac1d&amp;anticache=129966" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTyau-iFWMKaj9vMDjnyRB4irZTNg3qnLiIhl22lSAmP0fw5z6-&amp;sp=9fbf7f601a41ebbb882ae1d9aadbc3e7&amp;anticache=629396" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are throwing lembing with long shafts:</p><p><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wc-b2DMOrOQ/UkCdIXMkw3I/AAAAAAAAAcY/HzxWwYuhq_4/s400/Spear1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The covers are very nice, they look like the lembing could have been for ceremonial or status purposes.</p><p>I would also like to know if there is a pattern on the blades, like this:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fef%2F27%2F8e%2Fef278e28033a94c7ee3e2c3fa219e92f.jpg&amp;sp=e9ff612d205afe5d86bfeadcf8d11ac0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Btw lembing is the Malay word, tombak the Indonesian word, from the Javanese. Take your pick.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would certainly offer the shield separately from the lembing/tombak. These are for two different groups of collectors. Being a keris collector I would consider buying a tombak from Java or Sumatra, but never a Dayak shield.</p><p>The Dayak shield would do well in a tribal arts auction.</p><p>The spears, if they are Minangkabau lembing, would do better in an auction with keris and tombak.</p><p>If you are looking for one auction for the two lots, there are Southeast Asia auctions and &#039;Indonesia and Pacific Arts&#039; auctions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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