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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The scabbard style, with this kind of Buntut at the end (and of course Badik as a kind of weapon) originated in Celebes, and descend from Alamang scabbards (and Alamang belong to the oldest and most... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() "Taoen" is an old way to write "Tahun" in Dutch Indies, Tahun means year, so year 1846. "Oemie" could be a name, it occurs in what today is Indonesia, but... it's a womans name. "Brat" might be... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() When I saw it on Ebay, I thought it has some distinct features similar to my Kris here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26349 I would say 3rd quarter of 19th cent. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Ian, thank you. I wasn't accurate enough while taking the first pictures - they aren't taken from exactly abowe the Kris, and Kris itself doesn't lay perfectly parallely to the ground. Here is a... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() While searching, I did find an interesting thread. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23183&highlight=sulu+kris Both blades presented here have roughly the same style of Greneng as... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Ian, actually my blade also has this angle (called Condong Leleh on Javanese Keris), and a Maguindanao blade I have has almost exactly or exactly the same angle. It may be true on 20th cent.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Jose and Ian, thank you! Exactly, the bigger size is a point. Regarding this kris, I am particularly interested in the feature, which Javanese call "elefants lip" on Keris, under the "trunk" and... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Gentlemen, for your consideration a kris, blade 58,3 cm, 21 Luk. Is it a Sulu or perhaps a Maguindanao kris? Your age estimations? There are remnants of green colour on handle bindings. The pommel... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 42
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![]() 1908 happened the Puputan in Klungkung, the last independent Balinese kingdom. After that many things changed, and some of these things subsequently had influence on Keris dress. |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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![]() Now - of course, there are a plenty of them. What interests me is Bali before 1908. |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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![]() Jasper J.E., who started to gather his information at the very beginning of 1900'ties and published his book with Mas Pirngadie in 1930, states, that Kocet-Kocetan hilt was called Kusia in... |
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Forum: Swap Forum
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Forum: Swap Forum
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![]() For sale a very fine Sikin Panjang from Aceh, North Sumatra, second half of 19.cent. Overall length: 69,5 cm Blade length: 53 cm Blade width at the forte: 3,7 cm at the tip: 4... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() A couple of older images, surely they all are already posted somewhere in the forum... Picture with three guys - Kachin, Felice Beato, around 1880. Picture with two guys - Shan, collection Fritz... |
Forum: Swap Forum
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Forum: Swap Forum
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![]() For sale a Ngombe sword form Congo, according to information gathered in this forum it is an earlier one, around 1920. Asking eur 120 + shipment. Please PM or e-mail me at... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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![]() Yes Alan, I also thought about it. There are even more tripartite elements - the central blade appears to be triangular (we see it clearly on Michael's Trisula), it has three swellings. Of... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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![]() In case this Trisula is not a later forgery, it could be quite a lot older then Michael's one (and has some substantial differences). It looks like an excavated object. This might be a hint that the... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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![]() https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-cbd8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 The New York Public Library, Digital Collections Java: Antiquities. Origin unknown. Hindu and Buddhist subjects:... |
Forum: Swap Forum
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
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