Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Unusual Hybrid Moro-Visayan Tenegre Sword?

Aslan Paladin · 8th October 2015, 04:23 PM

Thanks for the welcoming greeting Fernando.

Thanks for the informative reply Ian. It hasn't occurred to me that this sword may indeed be from further South and the hilt does look like a makara and the carving is so intricate, something I haven't seen before in any Visayan sword, much less a Moro sword. But that is very possible that it maybe a sword from Sumatra.

The auction site described this as a large Visayan tenegre-type sword with a silver work Moro ferrule and a Chinese-influenced dragon head hilt dated late 19th - early 20th century. I personally wasn't 100% sold on the description and I had some doubts that it maybe a sword from some other culture or just a sword with married parts because doesn't look like any Philippine sword I have seen before. But I put a bid on it nonetheless because I liked the detailed dragon head hilt.

I wasn't really expecting to win it but I was pleasantly surprised that I did and well within my intended budget.

8th October 2015, 04:23 PM	#4
Aslan Paladin Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Te Aroha, New Zealand Posts: 122	Thanks for the welcoming greeting Fernando. Thanks for the informative reply Ian. It hasn't occurred to me that this sword may indeed be from further South and the hilt does look like a makara and the carving is so intricate, something I haven't seen before in any Visayan sword, much less a Moro sword. But that is very possible that it maybe a sword from Sumatra. The auction site described this as a large Visayan tenegre-type sword with a silver work Moro ferrule and a Chinese-influenced dragon head hilt dated late 19th - early 20th century. I personally wasn't 100% sold on the description and I had some doubts that it maybe a sword from some other culture or just a sword with married parts because doesn't look like any Philippine sword I have seen before. But I put a bid on it nonetheless because I liked the detailed dragon head hilt. I wasn't really expecting to win it but I was pleasantly surprised that I did and well within my intended budget. Last edited by Aslan Paladin; 9th October 2015 at 06:04 AM.