Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2022, 01:37 AM
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Dear Rob: It's all good! Another identifier for...
Dear Rob: It's all good! Another identifier for me would be the spine...keping usually have thinner spines than barung. An assessment of the sword's different parts would be best to ascertain whether...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2022, 07:21 AM
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26th May 2022, 03:03 AM
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26th May 2022, 03:02 AM
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Hi Ian,
That indeed is a keping!
The...
Hi Ian,
That indeed is a keping!
The interesting this is its provenance. According to my museum curator friend, at one point in time, Tugaya-dressed blades were considered a status symbol...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2022, 12:02 AM
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25th May 2022, 01:31 AM
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25th May 2022, 12:58 AM
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Hi Rob:
1. Yes, those are both kepings.
2....
Hi Rob:
1. Yes, those are both kepings.
2. It means 'leaf' in the Maguindanaon language.
3. The distinction is that keping was a leaf-shaped bolo used in the Mindanao area (Maranao, Maguindanao,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2022, 12:54 AM
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That's right sir, it's a "keping." In Jacinto...
That's right sir, it's a "keping." In Jacinto (1892) defined keping as "leaf" in his landmark work Diccionario Moro-Maguindanao-Espaņol. My Mindanao-based contacts say it's simply a leaf bolo....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2022, 08:43 PM
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24th May 2022, 08:42 PM
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24th May 2022, 04:12 AM
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Thanks for the confirmation Mr Jose- I'm not...
Thanks for the confirmation Mr Jose- I'm not familiar with the term "siput" used for barongs or barungs; but to my knowledge the long Sulu barungs would have a different build + dimensions than these...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2022, 01:34 AM
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Since the next question would be- what would a...
Since the next question would be- what would a keping look like? Here are a few samples I've come across. They were ID'd by a museum curator in Cagayan de Oro who has worked extensively with Maranao,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2022, 01:06 AM
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Hi Detlef,
The pommel matches Maranao...
Hi Detlef,
The pommel matches Maranao signatures. These are usually found leaf-shaped blades that are also called 'keping' (these blades have often been dressed up and mistaken for barungs. In...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2022, 12:25 PM
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17th May 2022, 04:10 AM
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15th May 2022, 07:04 PM
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15th May 2022, 05:21 PM
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Thanks for the kind words sir. That specific...
Thanks for the kind words sir. That specific torogan is called "Bantog-a-Unaya" located in Lanao del Sur; most of the royal house is in ruins unfortunately. It's estimated to be over a hundred years...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2022, 02:30 PM
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15th May 2022, 12:05 PM
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12th May 2022, 01:38 AM
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11th May 2022, 05:28 PM
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We can always look at the culturally-accurate...
We can always look at the culturally-accurate depictions: in this case, the original pattern as conceptualized by Bangsamoro hands. Here's an excerpt from the book "Ukkil: Visual Arts of the Sulu...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2022, 06:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2022, 04:44 PM
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There are several okir (Mindanao) and ukkil...
There are several okir (Mindanao) and ukkil (Sulu) motifs incorporating that shape/pattern that you isolated.
By chance, I was able to borrow some kris (probably preWW2-postWW2 era thereabouts)...
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10th May 2022, 11:25 AM
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