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Rick · 5th January 2013, 05:49 PM

I've been thinking about that scabbard and went back to a book I have; Warren's The Sulu Zone .
In the later deacdes of the 19th century the Sultanate of Sulu had a population of roughly 200,000 souls .
Many of these people were taken from the northern islands by raiding parties .
The Sultanate needed manpower for tripang, pearl and shell gathering .
Many of these captive workers assimilated into Sulu society over time .

I don't think it would be too much of a stretch for this scabbard to be contemporary to those times .

5th January 2013, 05:49 PM	#31
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	From Left Field I've been thinking about that scabbard and went back to a book I have; Warren's The Sulu Zone . In the later deacdes of the 19th century the Sultanate of Sulu had a population of roughly 200,000 souls . Many of these people were taken from the northern islands by raiding parties . The Sultanate needed manpower for tripang, pearl and shell gathering . Many of these captive workers assimilated into Sulu society over time . I don't think it would be too much of a stretch for this scabbard to be contemporary to those times .