Beautiful barong for our archives and comment
 

This beautiful barong was sold recently by ebay, I think it is worth to save the seller pictures for our archives for later reference. Any guesses about the age and origin from this beauty?

Regards,
Detlef

I was watching this. Very nice. To me it appears to be Sulu.

I especially love the okir in the tail section. Rare to have it complete and unbroken. Also I like the contrast of the ivory, black horn spacer, and the burled narra wood hilt. Splendid!

Thanks for posting this for the archives. :)

Thanks for sharing,

indeed a beautifull piece Detlef!

Regards,
Maurice

Thank you both for comment. :)

It was my guess also that it is a Sulu barong but was unsure. The unbroken okir carving at the tail is indeed beautiful.
Jose, any guess about the age from this elegancy?

Regards,
Detlef

With this form and type of okir, I would say late 1800s.

nice one! does anyone know what the ferrule is made out of? hopefully the new owner would post this here...

To my eyes the ferrule looks like carabao horn with top and bottom silver.

Lovely...and one of the most elegant examples I have ever seen.

I wouldn't pay too much attention to the so called Chinese "chop mark". We have discussed those here before.

Hi Charles,

agree in both points with you, see for example here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...barong+chinese

Regards,
Detlef

i was gonna mention the chinese connection as i scrolled down, y'all beat me to it. nice barong.