Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2015, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 17,771
Congrat Detlev,
IMO Kantas are much rarer than other shield types, so you are really lucky to get one. I had this luck some forty years ago at Galerie Lemaire in Amsterdam. Here are some pics:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2015, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,857
[B]Wooden helmets of the Igorot, Luzon[/B]
I would like to present you some helmets from the Philippines. Though there is a lot of different types of helmets in the armouries of the peoples of Indonesia and the Philippines, I believe that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2015, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,870
Skafte
Skafte passed away appr. 12 years ago. I had the opportunity to buy some books from his daughter and she told me, that his collection of Indonesia weapons has been sold as well.
Udo
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2015, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,659
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2015, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 20,241
A superb piece, Detlef, congratulation! I'm...
A superb piece, Detlef, congratulation! I'm looking since ages for such a dagger and asked some Filipino dealers, but I've got only cheap stuff offered. It will certainly be one one the highlights of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2015, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,659
Visayan sword? Identification needed!
I bought this “rare Philippines sword” some time ago, but I have no idea where it is coming from.
It is a single-edge stabbing sword with a long thick shoulder and spear point. The shoulder is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th December 2014, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 31,951
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2014, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 81,269
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2014, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 13,261
Hi Nonoy,
thank you very much for your...
Hi Nonoy,
thank you very much for your comment! I took me some time to follow the tracks of this shield. It has been collected in the beginning of the sixties last century in the cordillera by the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd October 2014, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,552
Hi all,
thanks very much for your interest, comments and questions.
I bought this armour from the late Baron von Hochstetter from Duesseldorf, Germany. He had a very nice collection of Indonesian and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2014, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 13,261
Hi Nonoy,
it had a strong smell when I bought...
Hi Nonoy,
it had a strong smell when I bought it and 2000 and still have a smell of smoke, the same smell I register when I enter the room with my Ifugao basketry. Indeed the workmanship seems not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2014, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 13,261
Igorot armour: A Bontoc dancing shield
Within my small Igorot collection there is a shield with the silhouette of a classical Bontoc shield (described in this forum), but without the wings on the surface and instead of the boss is a semi...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2014, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,552
Moro armour: A Coat of Mail and Plate
I just want to present to the forum some pics of a coat of mail and plate from my collection. It's from Maranao, Lanao del Sur, Western Mindanao, Philippines, a construction from brass chains and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2014, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 19,300
Michael,
any chance of getting the...
Michael,
any chance of getting the bibliographical data of this article? Or even to get a copy? I'm intested in all kinds of literature of Moro armour.
Thanks a lot
Udo
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2014, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 66,546
Two more helmets
I am really very glad, that Oliver opened this thread to get more information about the armour of the Southern Philippines / Northern Indonesian region. As far as I know, both Portuguese and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2014, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 20,859
Close up pics continued
Pics from the other side of Alor sword #2. The bottom of the shoe of this sword shows some cracks,perhaps from putting it on the ground during ceremonies?
Udo
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2014, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 20,859
Close up pics
Thank you very much Detlev and Kai for your nice welcome words! Here are the close-up pics from Alor sword #2 from one side, other side will follow.
Udo
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th September 2014, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 81,269
Just one more
Here is one of my Borneo shields: Max. length 131,7 cm; length of side edges 102,2 cm / 103,2 cm; length of handle 31,7 cm; max. width 31,7 cm.
Provenance: French Collection.
Udo
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2014, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 20,859
Another status sword from Alor
Dear members,
though I am a member since 2010, due to some reasons my first post is following only now.
I think Karel Sirag has given about the Alor sword in this thread a very in depth going...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2011, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 20,261
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