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25th March 2007, 08:52 AM
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Hi Michael dont look at the handles just at the blades the latok LOOKS like an latok blade the parang Ilang like an mandau blade
but they don t be an mandau and an latok but I would say indonesian Ben |
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25th March 2007, 12:24 PM
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Hi Michael, pictures come from the site:
http://siris-archives.si.edu Smithsonian Institute. I have used the option "search" with the word "sword" (for the first and second, but to be honest I don't rember how I have found the third one  , maybe the same).
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25th March 2007, 05:15 PM
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Thanks Flavio,
I found it too and here is the description: Creator: Hickman, Charles W.? Title: Dagger, 2, Steel:Kris Dagger, 2, Steel:Parang ? 1906 Contained in: Photograph collection ca. 1860s-1960s Culture: Philippines Moro ? Local_Number: NAA INV 05157702 Archival_Repository: National Anthropological Archives Maybe some other forumite know how to find out more about them in the archives? Michael |
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25th March 2007, 07:31 PM
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Michael, Ben, any idea about the name and the provenience of this one?
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25th March 2007, 08:59 PM
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It's from Roti, very close to Timor.
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25th March 2007, 09:11 PM
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Thank you Michael, the handle seems quite uncomfortable
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31st March 2007, 07:19 PM
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Super cool. Thanks.
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