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Ian · 14th January 2018, 11:46 PM

Until today I would quite happily have called the top one a Malay kelewang and the bottom one a parang ginah. These are terms I can find in Stone's Glossary ...

However, I'm going through Gardner's Keris and Other Malay Weapons today and see that he has these two shown in Figure 53, p. 60, where he identifies the top one as golok jambu and the lower one as parang jengkok. Now I don't want to start a "name game" about which is right or wrong (BTW, Stone is often wrong with his names), but can our Indonesian experts tell me what the consensus is with regard to naming these two weapons?

Thanks guys.

Ian.

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14th January 2018, 11:46 PM	#1
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,031	Indonesian terms for these two Until today I would quite happily have called the top one a Malay kelewang and the bottom one a parang ginah. These are terms I can find in Stone's Glossary ... However, I'm going through Gardner's Keris and Other Malay Weapons today and see that he has these two shown in Figure 53, p. 60, where he identifies the top one as golok jambu and the lower one as parang jengkok. Now I don't want to start a "name game" about which is right or wrong (BTW, Stone is often wrong with his names), but can our Indonesian experts tell me what the consensus is with regard to naming these two weapons? Thanks guys. Ian. . Attached Images