Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2021, 12:42 PM
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31st May 2019, 01:27 PM
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30th May 2019, 01:51 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2019, 02:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2019, 02:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2019, 09:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2019, 09:10 AM
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Hi Willem,
The first sentence is legible...
Hi Willem,
The first sentence is legible enough to be translated. It reads :
"Sarung sikin (?) Tengku Fishar" or "Sikin (?) sheath of Tengku Fishar (Fashar?)"
I hope this helps. I could not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2018, 03:29 PM
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Hi Guztav,
While some of the words are quite...
Hi Guztav,
While some of the words are quite clear to read, others are hard to decipher. Nevertheless, below are the translation of what was written on your sikin sheath. Hope this helps.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2018, 09:31 AM
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Yes Kai, the hilt is made of huge akar bahar or...
Yes Kai, the hilt is made of huge akar bahar or black coral while the stones used on the gold filigree on both the hilt and sheath I presumed are intans or low grade diamonds. There used to be rings...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2018, 02:01 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st June 2017, 11:10 AM
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Hi Rasdan, I think you might want to defer your...
Hi Rasdan, I think you might want to defer your plan for a trip to ACM at this moment as currently the museum is under going major facelift and renovation. You might want to check with Dave Hankel on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2016, 11:44 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2016, 08:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2016, 08:20 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2016, 08:15 AM
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Hi Willem,
I am not sure of the age. The...
Hi Willem,
I am not sure of the age. The first sewar with akar bahar is currently in my collection and from my observation it has standard and the same features that the sewar sold by Michael...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2016, 11:14 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2016, 08:15 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2016, 01:19 PM
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Example of gold Sewar in my collection
Another example of gold crown sewar in my collection. It has the same profile and style akin to sewar supposedly belong to the last sultan of Aceh that Micheal Backman sold lately.Are this the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th February 2014, 12:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2013, 10:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2013, 01:38 AM
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The verse relates to the story of King Solomon...
The verse relates to the story of King Solomon writing a letter to Balqis, Queen of Sheba extending her to the worship of one true God. Not a typical story that you would probably find in the old...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2013, 01:30 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd July 2012, 02:38 PM
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Wierd Riau Keris Blade
Got this piece recently and was told that it is a Malay Riau keris. While it may has a typical bugis damascene blade with pamor hujung gunung and kulit semangka, the thing that makes it different is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th May 2012, 08:52 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th March 2012, 12:37 PM
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