Klewang Sumatra / arabian inscriptions

[artisana]

Hi, I am new member from Belgium, living in France .. married with Indonesian woman. I am a collector of ethnical artifacts, weapons... Fairly new and willing to learn from co members. I have acces to good and very good items from all parts of Indonesia.
This is a nice klewang sword from Sumatra. Nice with arabian text on the blade.
Who can give me more info on age, detail of inscriptions ect..
Thanks in advance
Alain

[kai]

Bonjour Alain, welcome to our community!

Do a search for pedang on this forum - that will yield several reference threads. Based on the scabbard, I believe your piece is more likely to originate from Lombok.

A few more pics would be good to estimate age. Sharp close-ups of the inscription will make translation possible - long texts like this are usually citations from the koran. Sometimes these were added later to the blades to make them more attractive - the quality of the worrkmanship makes me wonder wether this may be the case here.

Regards,
Kai

[Gavin Nugent]

Welcome,

I agree with the Lombok attribution, the hilt shows a distinct cockatoo with its crest raised.

I hope you enjoy the forum as much as everyone else here.

Gavin

[artisana]

Thanks for the info.. i will take more pictures when im back home.. and with a better camera :o

[Dom]

Nice with arabian text on the blade.Hi Alain
unfortunately for you, it's seems not be a Koranic mention or verse,
as "kai" was expecting ... hard luck ... otherwise the matter could be easy (for us) :D

the language used is a kind of "Pidgin" (a very basic language
which is used to communicate between cultures)
definitively, it's not in traditional Arabic language :shrug:

bienvenu sur ce forum, je suis un des rares Français le fréquentant,
malheureusement ton domaine est absolument inconnu pour moi :o
ce sera une occasion pour moi, de compléter mon éducation. :p

à +

Dom

[artisana]

Ok, thanks for the update... old language apparently
What does this say about the age of the sword ?
I will more detailed pictures of the text soon ...
What is the use of putting such text on a weapon ?
Alain