10mm Ceremonial Piercing Spear
• Location- Phuket, Thailand
• Estimated Age- Newer
• This is a razor-sharp steel spear, this type is used to pierce through the cheek(s), lips, etc of a Ma Song—participants in the Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods Festival) who enter a trance state and are believed to serve as vessels for one or more deities.
• This piece would be used for piercing cheeks and lips and insertion of larger objects afterwards.
• This spear is almost 20" long and measures about 00g (10mm) at the widest point of the spear. This does not come with a stand.
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10mm Ceremonial Piercing Spear
• Location- Phuket, Thailand
• Estimated Age- Newer
• This is a razor-sharp steel spear, this type is used to pierce through the cheek(s), lips, etc of a Ma Song—participants in the Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods Festival) who enter a trance state and are believed to serve as vessels for one or more deities.
• This piece would be used for piercing cheeks and lips and insertion of larger objects afterwards.
• This spear is almost 20" long and measures about 00g (10mm) at the widest point of the spear. This does not come with a stand.
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• Location- Phuket, Thailand
• Estimated Age- Newer
• This is a razor-sharp steel spear, this type is used to pierce through the cheek(s), lips, etc of a Ma Song—participants in the Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods Festival) who enter a trance state and are believed to serve as vessels for one or more deities.
• This piece would be used for piercing cheeks and lips and insertion of larger objects afterwards.
• This spear is almost 20" long and measures about 00g (10mm) at the widest point of the spear. This does not come with a stand.
