Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Just Acquired 2 Kris' & 2 Kalinga axes

laEspadaAncha · 19th February 2010, 05:42 AM

Thank you both Battara & Rick... the deal I struck with my wife was if I keep one of the Kalingas, she won't use the 2nd one on me!

I had found a similar example in the on-line catalog of the Macao Museum of Art's "Steel of Eastern Asia" exhibit dated to the 19th century:

Close-up of similar inlay:

The above example is catalog item #194 (click here for link), though the ration of height-to-length of the two I acquired appear to more closely resemble #192. But aside from the most cursory recognition of form, I know nothing regarding the evolution of design and material usage of the head axe...

So is there a developing consensus on the approximate age of both the axes and the blade on the (presumably re-hilted) kris?

19th February 2010, 05:42 AM	#14
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Thank you both Battara & Rick... the deal I struck with my wife was if I keep one of the Kalingas, she won't use the 2nd one on me! I had found a similar example in the on-line catalog of the Macao Museum of Art's "Steel of Eastern Asia" exhibit dated to the 19th century: Close-up of similar inlay: The above example is catalog item #194 (click here for link), though the ration of height-to-length of the two I acquired appear to more closely resemble #192. But aside from the most cursory recognition of form, I know nothing regarding the evolution of design and material usage of the head axe... So is there a developing consensus on the approximate age of both the axes and the blade on the (presumably re-hilted) kris?