Indonesian Archipelago Weapons

[kingscarbine]

Hello,

Anyone know where I can find info and iconography of weapons and warriors of the Indonesian Archipelago and Southeast Asia from the 16th-17th centuries?

Pikes level!

Don Nuno

[utami]

Hi, don

try this book:
- Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago by Albert G. Van Zonneveld (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author-exact=Albert%20G.%20Van%20Zonneveld&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank/002-7223848-9629667)
- The Weapons and Fighting Arts of Indonesia by Donn F. Draeger (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author-exact=Donn%20F.%20Draeger&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank/104-0291436-8647903)

try Ensklopedia Keris by. Mr Bambang, for information about keris and you can read in bahasa.

just my 2 cent, hope this helps

[RhysMichael]

Those are the books I would have recommended also and you can get some good information from Fredrico's site http://old.blades.free.fr/

And some harder to find ones

COURT ARTS OF INDONESIA The Asia Society Galleries 1990, NEW YORK ISBN0878480722

CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION D'ARMES ANCIENNES EUROPEENNES ET ORIENTALES 1933, RUMILLY Charles Buttin

Egertons book AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF INDIAN ARMS and those of Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Malaya William H. Allen & Co., London, 1880, re-print 1986 ISBN9748745619

SWORDS AND DAGGERS OF INDONESIA Vaclav Solc

HANDS OF TIME: The crafts of Aceh -- Penerbit Djambatan 1989, JAKARTA Barbara Leigh

[Albert]

Hello Don,

Here are three sources in The Netherlands where there is a lot to be found:

http://ccindex.kit.nl/index.asp?lang=en (Database Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam)

http://www.rmv.nl/index.aspx?lang=en (Database National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden)

http://www.kitlv.nl/hisdoc.html (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Carribean Studies)

:) Success!
Albert

[RhysMichael]

Hello Don,

Here are three sources in The Netherlands where there is a lot to be found:

http://ccindex.kit.nl/index.asp?lang=en (Database Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam)

http://www.rmv.nl/index.aspx?lang=en (Database National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden)

http://www.kitlv.nl/hisdoc.html (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Carribean Studies)

:) Success!
Albert

Thanks for these I had the Leiden link but not the others.

[wolviex]

Hello!
Here are some links to previous discussions on this and other forum:

http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=viewthread&tid=1255

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1048&goto=nextnewest

Regards!