Dayak Iron Spear, Indonesia

Eighty inches of reach, and most of it is pole.

Dayak makers of Borneo, Indonesia, produced this spear in iron and wood in the early 20th century. Spears were commonly used among Dayak peoples for hunting and for fighting, and they are often decorated with bands of binding. A slender iron head sits at the tip of a long, dark wooden shaft. A band of wrapped fiber marks the join, and the pole tapers gently at the butt. The wood is smooth and nearly black, with darker handling marks.

About eighty inches long. Mount it on a diagonal, or give it a corner and a tall ceiling.