Show us your Maguindanao panabas

Battara · 16th February 2021, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian

Hi Jose,

Nice blade with carving on the end. This is now the third or fourth one of these I have seen, so yours is not alone. Any thoughts about the significance of this style variant?

Ian.

Not as sure but my thoughts are that this belongs not to a datu but to a higher ranking person within a datu's retinue. Thus the reason for the carved end, copper bands, and silver strip on the hilt.

I also wonder if this is a form of fighting panabas for a high ranking warrior under the same datu.

Battara · 16th February 2021, 03:04 AM

Also Drack2, since the first time you posted your beautiful panabas (which one day you will donate to me, right?

) I found out that the centipede motif is sign of dangerous power and in tattoo form or engraved empowers the person or weapon with it.

drac2k · 16th February 2021, 05:44 AM

Okay, it's on the bucklist; now I just have to figure out how I'm going to tell my wife that I will be getting a centipede tattoo to go with my panabas.

16th February 2021, 03:04 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,352	Also Drack2, since the first time you posted your beautiful panabas (which one day you will donate to me, right? ) I found out that the centipede motif is sign of dangerous power and in tattoo form or engraved empowers the person or weapon with it.

16th February 2021, 05:44 AM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,302	Okay, it's on the bucklist; now I just have to figure out how I'm going to tell my wife that I will be getting a centipede tattoo to go with my panabas.