Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Badek or Badik from Celebes open for discussion

Gustav · 9th March 2018, 10:50 AM

La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.

In older times they were often written together:
La Galigo - Lagaligo

It is quite possible this Badik was a heirloom.

9th March 2018, 10:50 AM	#9
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,196	La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa. In older times they were often written together: La Galigo - Lagaligo It is quite possible this Badik was a heirloom.