Yakan or Borneo barong?

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Typically these horn ferrules are associated with the Yakan Moros of Mindanao and Basilan. Though this one seems to fit the its scabbard perfectly, it is not what I would expect a typical Yakan scabbard to look like.

see: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=yakan+barong

Barongs certainly found their way to Borneo. There is some info on that in the above thread as well.

Hello Charles,

thank you for comment! Yes, I would agree but it seems that not all members are certain about this, see your own thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=Yakan

I think that the scabbard of the one in question could be a later replacement?
It was for sure a great catch, congrats for the happy winner.

Regards,
Detlef