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Originally Posted by Ian
The significance of these bells on a Maranao sword is something I would like to learn more about. Anyone have any thoughts?
Ian.
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Ian, it seems to me that wherever these bells (including tiger bells) exist, they were to ward off evil spirits. In this I would include the Philippines. I can also see these as announcing the arrival of a datu when carried by the datu's sword carrier.
I have also seen more tiger bells on Moro and Bagobo stuff than one would think, also again, they must have been traded by way of China.