Lumad kris

[tanaruz]

Hello friends,

Just arrived from Puerto Princesa, Palawan. A lumad (Palawan'on) kris.

OAL: 26.5 inches/ blade: 20.75 inches.

Enjoy and kind regards,

Yves

Note: the rope on the hilt (typical of Palawan'on and lumad style).

[xasterix]

I believe it's a Lumad-appropriated Moro kris. Probably Maguindanao-made, late 1800s. I had one exactly like that, it was provenanced from a Maguindanao lineage. Your kris might have just passed hands, been traded, or migrated, hence its most recent status as Lumad-owned. But it's Moro, no question about it, even the dress. The true-blue Lumad-made kris doesn't have that build; it doesn't even have a gangya, and the dress is non-Moro.

[Sajen]

The true-blue Lumad-made kris doesn't have that build; it doesn't even have a gangya, and the dress is non-Moro.

Hello Ray,

Do you mean such a "kris"?

Regards,
Detlef

[xasterix]

Hello Ray,

Do you mean such a "kris"?

Regards,
Detlef

Halloo Detlef! Yes, that one exactly :D

[Gavin Nugent]

I believe it's a Lumad-appropriated Moro kris. Probably Maguindanao-made, late 1800s. I had one exactly like that, it was provenanced from a Maguindanao lineage. Your kris might have just passed hands, been traded, or migrated, hence its most recent status as Lumad-owned. But it's Moro, no question about it, even the dress. The true-blue Lumad-made kris doesn't have that build; it doesn't even have a gangya, and the dress is non-Moro.

Is this sampir, if that's the right word to use in this context, isn't this style known to Jolo too?

[Jerseyman]

I'm guessing this is also a Lumad kris?

I'll dig it out soon and post it with better pictures and dimensions.

[Sajen]

I'm guessing this is also a Lumad kris?

Hello Philip,

short answer: yes!:)

Regards,
Detlef

[kino]

Under Cato’s classification, a Maranao blade with a Lumad hilt.

[Battara]

Not unusual to have a Moro blade in Lumad fittings.

Better pictures would be helpful.