Krohn, W.O., 1927. In Borneo jungles: among the Dyak headhunters. London, Gay and Hancock, pp. i-ix, 1-327
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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Borneo, Dyak headhunters. There are many types of spears, depending upon the use they are to serve. The blade of the rhinoceros spear could not be improved upon, either in design or material. It has a razor edge along both sides of the blade from point to hilt. The blade is fully ten inches long and 2 ? inches wide at its broadest part, and when firmly fastened to a 10-foot ironwood shaft it is one hundred percent efficient in hunting this tough-hided beast of the jungle, as the writer can testify. It is a weapon of choice, as compared with any rifle, in seeking to despatch an infuriated rhinoceros in the tangled mass of vegetation in which the animal finds his lair in Central Borneo. It is not adaptable, however, as a war spear.
Example of this spear in author's collection, Field Museum, Chicago.
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