Interesting Composite Dagger With Ethnographic Roots...Need Translation Help!

Iain · 4th October 2012, 10:01 PM

I am probably completely off here - but the non latin characters on the pommel inscription look a bit like Thai script?

CharlesS · 5th October 2012, 12:53 AM

I have no clue what the Latin script means, but it is the secondary script that is key to telling us more about this dagger.

It does, indeed, look Thai or Burmese, but I am not familiar with the scripts of the Indonesian archipelago.

...still holding out hope that someone will have an answer...actually for EITHER of the scripts!

CharlesS · 5th October 2012, 12:56 AM

Michael,

I think you are spot on. I really believe this is custom made for a westerner that may have gone "mildly native". I too think it is from a Javanese craftsman, but still want to what we get on that script.

PUFF · 3rd December 2012, 10:44 AM

not Thai script. It 's unreadable to me.

Maurice · 3rd December 2012, 02:34 PM

Charles, I agree with Michael.
The little clip at the belt I've seen more often on Javanese Tjikeroeh swords.

Regards,
Maurice

4th October 2012, 10:01 PM	#1
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,708	I am probably completely off here - but the non latin characters on the pommel inscription look a bit like Thai script?

5th October 2012, 12:53 AM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	I have no clue what the Latin script means, but it is the secondary script that is key to telling us more about this dagger. It does, indeed, look Thai or Burmese, but I am not familiar with the scripts of the Indonesian archipelago. ...still holding out hope that someone will have an answer...actually for EITHER of the scripts!

5th October 2012, 12:56 AM	#3
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Michael, I think you are spot on. I really believe this is custom made for a westerner that may have gone "mildly native". I too think it is from a Javanese craftsman, but still want to what we get on that script.

3rd December 2012, 10:44 AM	#4
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	not Thai script. It 's unreadable to me.

3rd December 2012, 02:34 PM	#5
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,453	Charles, I agree with Michael. The little clip at the belt I've seen more often on Javanese Tjikeroeh swords. Regards, Maurice