Tojaru
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| Weapon type: | spear |
| Designations: | Tojaru, Tidjarroe, Todjarroe |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Indonesia , ethnic groups from Indonesia |
| Distribution: | Indonesia |
| Handle: | Wood, feathers |
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The Tojaru , also called Tidjarroe or Todjarroe , is a spear from Indonesia.
description
The Toraju has a double-edged, leaf-shaped blade. The blade is attached to the shaft with a socket. At the rear end of the shaft there is a typical decoration (indonian banranga or banrangang). It consists of an elongated tuft of horse , billy goat hair or rooster feathers. The spear has a protective cover made of bamboo with which the tufts of hair or feathers can be covered. This cover (Indon. Sepu-Banranga, Sampu-Banranga or Purukang-Barangang) is pulled over the decoration and fixed at the end of the shaft with a short, hollow wooden part. The mounting of the spear is called "pando". The Tojaru is used by ethnic groups in Indonesia.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert G. van Zonneveld: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-5450-004-2 , p. 146.
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