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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
16th April 2024, 05:11 PM
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Hi Marius,
Yes, they are modern art pieces...
Hi Marius,
Yes, they are modern art pieces and not relevant to the culture there. And the silver is an alloy with low silver content. Real ones from wood, iron and brass.
Regards,
Detlef
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th April 2024, 04:20 PM
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15th April 2024, 04:06 PM
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15th April 2024, 03:46 PM
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15th April 2024, 03:16 PM
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15th April 2024, 02:59 PM
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One side of the blade is cleaned, done with a...
One side of the blade is cleaned, done with a Japanese rust rubber, the metal parts got rubbed with a towel only and the wooden parts got rubbed with a towel and linseed oil, no patina got removed.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2024, 09:46 PM
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14th April 2024, 06:13 PM
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The charm ball
The charm ball has alternating real teeth and wooden teeth. The real ones are socketed with wooden pegs. The charm ball fits the socket from the scabbard well.
The belatu was collected between...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2024, 05:59 PM
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14th April 2024, 05:47 PM
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Belatu/Balato from North Nias
I've won a German auction with a lot of two swords, a belatu from North Nias and a pedang from Sumatra. When the auction was finished I noticed in another, unsold lot the charm ball for the scabbard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th April 2024, 09:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th April 2024, 07:11 PM
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Hello Marius,
Like I stated before, I am not...
Hello Marius,
Like I stated before, I am not knowledgeable about these ritual objects. But I would guess that this ornate one was worked for rich tourists or collectors. I've found a similar...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th April 2024, 12:06 PM
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Hello Marius,
his is for sure a...
Hello Marius,
his is for sure a silversmithing art work set with stones and very imposant and nice to look at. But I really doubt that it's old or antique.
I am for sure not very knowledgeable in...
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12th April 2024, 06:41 AM
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11th April 2024, 11:21 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 06:33 PM
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Hi Ian,
Yes, I know that it's said that early...
Hi Ian,
Yes, I know that it's said that early blades have a round tang. But frankly I haven't seen enough early blades without handles to verify this, but it seems reasonable. But there is still the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 04:19 PM
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10th April 2024, 10:21 AM
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9th April 2024, 10:11 AM
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