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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania Today, 06:04 PM
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Posted By milandro
see my example

see my example
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 04:53 PM
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Posted By milandro
if you follow the link I gave it says that the...

if you follow the link I gave it says that the ram's head was introduced in 1925 and kept for the 20th century.

The French domination of Morocco started in 1912 and ended in 1956


it says...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 11:34 AM
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Posted By milandro
but regardless to whom they were given they...

but regardless to whom they were given they cannot fight the passing of time and this really doesn't look that old, old metal ages and this looks very crispy


I think that they may very well be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 09:39 AM
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Posted By milandro
if this is an old piece the color of the metal...

if this is an old piece the color of the metal and the fact that it shows as being very crisply chiselled would be extraordinary. There is no sign of use and that would be extraordinary in an old...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania Yesterday, 11:02 AM
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Posted By milandro
I think this is a Toba Batak object related to...

I think this is a Toba Batak object related to the one I've just posted in a thread on the Naga Morsarang . You have. about with an horse and several people in bronze.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania Yesterday, 10:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 189
Posted By milandro
Toba Batak Naga Morsaran

I am about to receive one of these very interesting objects. They are found in a variety of types varying from the ones made from carved buffalo horn and wooden Lind in the shape of a Sea Horse with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th March 2024, 02:54 PM
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Posted By milandro
I would say this is a Papua New Guinea Atatl (or...

I would say this is a Papua New Guinea Atatl (or whatever word is more appropriate)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2024, 10:17 AM
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Posted By milandro
if the ganja is in fact connected and not...

if the ganja is in fact connected and not separate and in doing so being vestigial, this looks like a post WWII kris


seen the tape the previous owner must have been an electrician;)
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 24th March 2024, 10:08 AM
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Views: 677
Posted By milandro
incredibly strange , although I cannot claim any...

incredibly strange , although I cannot claim any in depth knowledge , my gut feeling is that this is a kris which was , as A.G. Maisey writes, a heavily modified kris, by someone outside the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd March 2024, 09:09 AM
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Posted By milandro
well, since your request appears to have been...

well, since your request appears to have been unanswered , I'd try to have a go.

Your krises aren't made yesterday , that is for sure, but to exactly determine how old they are would be very...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st March 2024, 07:47 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 858
Posted By milandro
I would like to understand the aversion to the...

I would like to understand the aversion to the use of salt in light of the fact that here lots of people etch krises by using salt, sulphur and rice water....

How is that salt any different from...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th March 2024, 10:27 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 858
Posted By milandro
the paint , assuming that that is paint, can be...

the paint , assuming that that is paint, can be removed also from hot water alone. Maybe it is peech and hot water would work too.

There is also a chance that it won't come off and then other...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2024, 08:24 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,530
Posted By milandro
well, obviously , there are arguments to be made...

well, obviously , there are arguments to be made in both directions.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2024, 02:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,530
Posted By milandro
Quite the opposite Bronze is harder than...

Quite the opposite

Bronze is harder than brass and more brittle than brass.

...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th March 2024, 04:26 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,509
Posted By milandro
these are some new interesting videos from...

these are some new interesting videos from theKonservasi Museum Sonobudoyo from Yogyakarta


https://www.sonobudoyo.com/id/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s303D47pQ8
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 03:11 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,285
Posted By milandro
most of the spears from Kenia that I have owned...

most of the spears from Kenia that I have owned and seen would have no problem to be used as a functional spear, their metal is forged not welded but the reality is that , aside from the millions...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th March 2024, 02:47 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 858
Posted By milandro
I think this was coated with some black coating,...

I think this was coated with some black coating, perhaps, lacquer.

I have come across this a few times but not as " bad " as this one before. If the kris were mine I would certainly attempt to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th March 2024, 06:24 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,530
Posted By milandro
except it doesn't really look like bronze but...

except it doesn't really look like bronze but more brass :confused:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th March 2024, 11:50 AM
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Views: 1,530
Posted By milandro
interesting, this is really brass, not bronze, so...

interesting, this is really brass, not bronze, so its function and purpose must have been absolutely ceremonial (if not decorative) because if bronze can actually be used as a true weapon, brass...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th March 2024, 07:58 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,285
Posted By milandro
both the spears shown are made for the tourist...

both the spears shown are made for the tourist market,


as for the cold steel version , if you see any of their products they are made with industrial processes


we are not allowed showing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th March 2024, 06:22 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,285
Posted By milandro
I agree, I know this spear (had some myself) as...

I agree, I know this spear (had some myself) as being a Samburu spear, very common among the tourists in Kenia . They are even reproduced by companies like cold steel , they are nice spears but...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th March 2024, 06:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,034
Posted By milandro
It looks like an Central African Luba sword where...

It looks like an Central African Luba sword where the hilt has been crudely replaced by a flat hilt wrapped in brass
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 16th March 2024, 01:09 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 11,526
Posted By milandro
well the blades are very nice

well the blades are very nice
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th March 2024, 11:23 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,082
Posted By milandro
the third spear appears to be African (to me) . ...

the third spear appears to be African (to me) .

It is near impossible to say whether it is old since it was polished
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th March 2024, 10:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 11,526
Posted By milandro
Another Resurrection Having...

Another Resurrection




Having acquired a Panjang which came with a Tajong hilt I am now looking to acquire informations about Tajongs.

I too am somewhat confused from what I see for sale as...
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