Hello Kai,
Following your request in this
thread for me to post the pics of my Palawan barongs in a new thread, I thought that it would be better if I just revive this one.
So from the shadows, this thread has come back once again ... at this point, play in your mind your favorite suspenseful background music ... ok, sorry for goofing around
Levity aside, the pics of my two Palawan barongs can also be found
here and
here.
Ian earlier posted pics of
a Palawan bolo, in which the scabbard carvings are very similar to my barong scabbard (under the first "here" in the above links) ...
And yes, I agree with you that the elongated barong blade could have also come from non-Moro (upland Palawan) ethnic groups. But as far as my two barongs are concerned, the forumite-seller of these told me that their original owners are Moros ...
