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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:47 PM
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this hilt is too crumpled and damaged. thus it...

this hilt is too crumpled and damaged. thus it was impossible to find out what the tang's shape was.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:46 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
another rectangular tang hole, and part of the...

another rectangular tang hole, and part of the tang can actually be seen on the specimen.

note: all these pics i'm posting are being cobbled from various sources, but i personally checked out the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:43 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
this guy i totally missed when i went to the...

this guy i totally missed when i went to the museum this morning. we will see later.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:41 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
the tang hole in this one is unique -- it's...

the tang hole in this one is unique -- it's triangular!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:39 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
now this is a real nice gold hilt. and the tang...

now this is a real nice gold hilt. and the tang hole is clearly a square.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:37 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
next up are these two 'hilts', in which one has a...

next up are these two 'hilts', in which one has a circular hole for the tang, while the other has a rectangular hole where the tang passes.

i put quote marks on the word hilt above, because i have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:34 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
the 2nd hilt's tang opening can't be seen from...

the 2nd hilt's tang opening can't be seen from the way it's displayed at the museum. i think next time i'll bring a mirror and a flashlight, to get that angle where we can see what we need to see.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:32 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
these gold hilts i'll show are all from the 10th...

these gold hilts i'll show are all from the 10th to 13th century a.d. and these gold hilts constitute the 'universe', meaning there's no other 10th to 13th c. gold hilts that can found (except those...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:26 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
ron, your question on the tang shape kept me...

ron, your question on the tang shape kept me thinking all day long.

and so i spent the whole morning (wed.) reviewing those ancient gold hilts at the two museums here in manila. and then i have to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 05:44 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
David, thanks for the comments. As for Moro...

David, thanks for the comments. As for Moro swords, I agree that the 'elephant trunk' can represent both naga and bird. I'm not too sure though that in the Moro context, it can also mean an elephant....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2012, 06:31 AM
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Posted By migueldiaz
thanks too, jose. i'm intrigued too on how the...

thanks too, jose. i'm intrigued too on how the bulbous feature came about ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th August 2012, 11:46 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Lee, Tim, Nonoy, great! :) Many thanks!!

Lee, Tim, Nonoy, great! :) Many thanks!!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th August 2012, 11:43 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
another anecdotal evidence, on how the gunongs...

another anecdotal evidence, on how the gunongs looked like in the 1920s and earlier (taken from antiques magazine, march 1926) ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 05:14 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Many thanks, Dom. And I just PM'd you our...

Many thanks, Dom. And I just PM'd you our letter-request to the museum, and the attachment of the email which is written in French and signed by the Sorbonne alumnus. Appreciate very much your kind...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 05:11 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Nonoy, many thanks for the tip! You continue to...

Nonoy, many thanks for the tip! You continue to amaze me :) But we have very little time in Berlin -- hence I have to figure out how to get to Dresden and back to Berlin within the same day. Thanks...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 02:49 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
But in the midst of said homogeneity in sword...

But in the midst of said homogeneity in sword design for at least 1,000 to 1,500 years (i.e., from 500 to 400 BC [the Argao, Cebu dagger], till the 10th to 15th century [the Bohol kalis, per below...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 02:25 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Then almost a hundred years later, in the Visayas...

Then almost a hundred years later, in the Visayas as recorded by the Spanish priest Alcina, the same sword design persisted.

Pls. note that the design is almost identical to Hutterer's Early Iron...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 02:16 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Here's the 2nd slide, i.e., various Filipino...

Here's the 2nd slide, i.e., various Filipino costumes, from the 1590 Boxer Codex. Note that it appears that everywhere in Luzon (northern Philippines) and the Visayas (central Phils.), the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 02:02 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
as an aside, so when did we start calling...

as an aside, so when did we start calling [I]kalis-karis as kris? i think this is just recently -- and as far as i know, kris as a term first appeared only in the 1890s, in cowie's...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 01:35 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
ron, right on the money. thus insofar as our...

ron, right on the money.

thus insofar as our dear departed superancestors are concerned, all of those war swords and knives of ours are collectively called kalis or karis. and we use these terms...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 06:47 AM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Hi David (and all), thanks for the comments....

Hi David (and all), thanks for the comments. Given the particular features of a kris/keris mentioned, then I think for the avoidance of confusion I should not call the example I posted above as a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 04:24 AM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Hi Dom! Wow, super ... merci beaucoup! ...

Hi Dom! Wow, super ... merci beaucoup!

Thanks for all the tips, assistance, and invitation. Much appreciated indeed! I feel better already :)

Yes, it looks like the museum would be unable to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th August 2012, 01:04 AM
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Posted By migueldiaz
@nonoy, haha. methinks now you also have tried it...

@nonoy, haha. methinks now you also have tried it before, only to crash and burn ;) levity aside, any cordillera item i'll stumble upon will surely come your way.

@colin, many thanks for the tip!...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th August 2012, 05:40 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
Phil. items in London, Paris, & Berlin museums?

Hello all! I need some help, please :) Would anybody know whether there's a museum in London that has Phil. edged weapons? (I'll be there next week).

For instance, would the Victoria & Albert...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th August 2012, 05:04 PM
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Posted By migueldiaz
here's some more of those sun/fire/bird-themed...

here's some more of those sun/fire/bird-themed hilts, also from 10th to 13th century northern mindanao ...

but i'm still figuring out how all these much older forms relate to ron's nice archaic...
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