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Rick · 21st September 2006, 09:50 PM

Hi Carlo,

I moved this post to Ethnographic because we don't include the kris of the Moros in the Warung; it is a place for discussion of the smaller Indo/Malay keris and we consider the sword of the Moros to be in a different class.

Having said the aforementioned; my take on this piece is that it may well be a rather ordinary blade in outsized dress; I've been following your discussions on SFI about this piece and I think if it were indeed royal regalia it would have been made from richer materials with a blade of corresponding quality .
One doesn't see in old Moro arms much of a tendency to the outrageous or non functional side; even the most lavish high status swords are indeed still very functional and capable of carrying out their intended use .

21st September 2006, 09:50 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	Hi Carlo, I moved this post to Ethnographic because we don't include the kris of the Moros in the Warung; it is a place for discussion of the smaller Indo/Malay keris and we consider the sword of the Moros to be in a different class. Having said the aforementioned; my take on this piece is that it may well be a rather ordinary blade in outsized dress; I've been following your discussions on SFI about this piece and I think if it were indeed royal regalia it would have been made from richer materials with a blade of corresponding quality . One doesn't see in old Moro arms much of a tendency to the outrageous or non functional side; even the most lavish high status swords are indeed still very functional and capable of carrying out their intended use .