Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Sword from the lesser Sunda islands (Timor?)

Sajen · 21st March 2011, 07:26 PM

Hello Kai,

thank you for your elaborate comment. Like you I think that this sword is from a island West from Tanimbar while I think that the carving at the sheath mouth is typical for a South Moluccas island.

The ferrule is from iron formerly silver (?) plated.

Regards,

Detlef

21st March 2011, 07:26 PM	#5
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,499	Hello Kai, thank you for your elaborate comment. Like you I think that this sword is from a island West from Tanimbar while I think that the carving at the sheath mouth is typical for a South Moluccas island. The ferrule is from iron formerly silver (?) plated. Regards, Detlef