Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2024, 10:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2024, 12:55 PM
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Hi xas,
Here is another Sulu kalis of...
Hi xas,
Here is another Sulu kalis of roughly the same time period as yours. It sold at auction recently for a surprising high amount IMHO. It also shows shallow waves and edge hardening, with a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2024, 02:10 PM
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Not 100 years old. No more than 50 years and...
Not 100 years old. No more than 50 years and probably less than that. Hand held clubs are not prominent weapons among Australian indigenous groups. Spears and throwing sticks (boomerangs) were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2024, 02:41 PM
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Ray, I think your example is more marked than...
Ray, I think your example is more marked than many similar blades. Very shallow waves are a fairly common feature on some of the long, broad-bladed examples of the era you mentioned. I've seen them...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2024, 12:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2024, 11:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2024, 11:18 PM
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Hi Carlos.
Excellent displays, both of them....
Hi Carlos.
Excellent displays, both of them. They seem to have been made by the same individual. Even the material covering the board looks the same. I have always liked these old displays and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2024, 07:08 PM
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Old Moro kris blade with Spanish(?) hilt
I have had this old kris for more than 20 years and may have posted it before on the defunct Vikingsword UBB forum. It is certainly incomplete and much corroded or damaged in the past. Nevertheless,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2024, 10:01 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2024, 03:15 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2024, 10:31 PM
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Thanks Xas. AFAIK the only major Moro change in...
Thanks Xas. AFAIK the only major Moro change in the style of conflict of the late 19th/early 20th C was the increasing actions of those employing magsabil, who were called juramentados by the Spanish...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2024, 10:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2024, 01:59 AM
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Hi Xas,
I think I have commented previously...
Hi Xas,
I think I have commented previously about the similarities between Sulu and Malay kris.
The area that you highlight, in Javanese keris terms, is the greneng. (I don't know a Moro term...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2024, 01:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2024, 11:53 PM
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David, I agree completely. It would be very...
David, I agree completely. It would be very helpful to have the culturally appropriate terminology, and that could indeed give insights into how different features of the Moro kris have been absorbed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 08:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 08:24 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 08:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 02:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 06:30 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 06:24 AM
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Hi Pendita65,
The "Moro" kris you show is in...
Hi Pendita65,
The "Moro" kris you show is in Melayu dress. It is missing any asang asang (stirrup) to clamp the gangya and blade together. The multifaceted hilt is consistent with Melayu hilts and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 06:10 AM
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Hello Air,
Welcome to the Forum! I see that...
Hello Air,
Welcome to the Forum! I see that werecow has appraised you already of some of the forum requirements. Thanks werecow.
As suggested, please do use the forum search engines to help...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 12:20 AM
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Origin of this sword blade
Age of this sword was discussed in the previous post.
I think the style of this one is atypical for Moro work. Its dress appears to be Sulu: the previous twin asang asang and the hilt style would...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2024, 11:52 PM
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Dating this sword
Ray, thank you for sharing this interesting sword!
If we step back from the sword itself, and think about why Moro kris increased in length and width relative to "early" versions, the prevailing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st August 2024, 07:36 PM
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