Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2021, 07:02 AM
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Batak ceremonial sword - simunung
Has this type of sword been discussed on the Forum anywhere? I would appreciate a reference to the relevant thread(s).
It would be very interesting to see any examples that members own, or have...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th August 2021, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,879
Any improvements at the following attempts at...
Any improvements at the following attempts at translation of the chapter headings would be welcome.
Yuwono (Basuki Teguh) & Zon (Fadli). Keris Minangkabau (Fadli Zon Library, Jakarta Pusat,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th June 2020, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th June 2020, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 14,959
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th June 2020, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,461
Dear David
Could you provide a few more...
Dear David
Could you provide a few more details about Kagungan Dalem Buku Gambar Dhapuripun Dhuwung Saha Waos. I cannot find it in WorldCat. Perhaps pictures of the front and back (if there are...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2020, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 26
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Keris hilts with raised curved backbones
Two keris hilts, Sumatra, probably both Palembang.
The first, mainly of natural formation?, possibly an abstract Garuda, with raised and curved backbone, hunched shoulders, large featureless head...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2020, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 28
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This centipede, among other designs, is on the...
This centipede, among other designs, is on the blade of the sikin panjang discussed, with photographs, in the thread 'Gayo? sikin panjang with talismans in etched raised relief', 21 Apr. 2014. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2020, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2020, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2020, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,286
Thank you all for your kind comments.
It...
Thank you all for your kind comments.
It would be marvellous if it can be assigned to somewhere specific, like Surakarta.
Alan, the attached new pictures are the best I can manage at the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2020, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,871
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2020, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2020, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,647
A Sulawesi spear
Spear from South-east Sulawesi, possibly made in Sarawako, probably from the To Mori. Large heavy blade, continuing from the base in a round section which widens into a cone (10 cm) which fits over...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2020, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,286
Spear, Sumatra or Java?
Pamor similar to Uler lulut(?), a few millimetres of the tip of the blade missing, exceptionally delicate gold Naga heads on each side of the base of the blade, with topong makhota (crown with ear...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2019, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 183
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Is this a double or a triple crown?
This sikin panjang (length 74.3 cm, blade 57 cm., no scabbard) has an unusual 'third' crown above a normal double crown. Has anyone seen a similar addition above the usual crown? And what was the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st July 2019, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 17
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A friend of mine has had a look at the...
A friend of mine has had a look at the inscription; it it evidently, at least in part, an attempt at an ownership inscription; she reports as follows:
This is so poorly written it is almost...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th June 2019, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2019, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 183
Views: 212,104
Crowns on Aceh weapons revisited
Here is another siwaih - not quite up to the high standard of many of the others shown in this thread.
Black wood hilt with highlights of reddish brown (ebony?), black wood sheath with dugong ivory...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2018, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 11
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You write: 'The scabbard features an elongated...
You write: 'The scabbard features an elongated mouth with a gold finial. This may have been decorative, but often when a finial of this type is seen it has been created to cover damage or repaired...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2017, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 1
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Thank you, Erik, very much for compiling an...
Thank you, Erik, very much for compiling an English version of this excellent article. I seized upon the following sentence:
'In some future blogs I want to discuss and photograph some of these...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th August 2017, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 20,610
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th August 2017, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,184
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2017, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 21
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This cannot be a piso gading, as the hilt is...
This cannot be a piso gading, as the hilt is silver/white metal, but perhaps this is an appropriate thread for it?
72 cm, blade 52 cm, hilt 8.5 cm. Light European? blade, perhaps more of a status...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st December 2016, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,747
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th November 2016, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 8
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