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Frankly this is part of why i wondered if the silver work could be a later addition. That and the fact that the quality of the work does not seem up to the standard i would expect on an old presentation piece.
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well, therein lies the problem, david. what's your expectation of what a presentation piece would look like? i mentioned a provenanced piece on my earlier post, so i'm posting the dagger that was given to Lt. Col. Webb Hayes by Datu Piang. would you doubt that as well?
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The first close-up on the asang-asang also seems to show that this is not the original clamp and perhaps not the original hilt
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perhaps i'm missing something, or you see something that i don't, but what makes you think the asang-asang and the handle are not original?
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I will say that the okir work on the blade and on the silver work does not appear to be Maguinanao or Maranao.
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right you are, jose. the symbols on the blade and the silverwork on the bands screams sulu.