Formosa/Taiwanese austronesian tribal

ligpo2001 · 14th June 2007, 10:57 AM

Hi Nicolas,

Yes, there a couple of websites specializing in Philippine tribal stuff. For example:

http://home.chello.no/~andy.anderson/Page2.html

IMHO, it would be a challenge for anybody to come up with a good representative collection that would cover the entire peoples of the Philippines, as we have around 120+ cultural groups. A lifetime might not be enough to adequately study all these groups

Thus, scholars tend to specialize, which I think is a wise route.

Anyway, your site is cool indeed!

josh stout · 14th June 2007, 04:03 PM

Truly amazing work. I collect Chinese swords and these are completely new to me. The artifacts look more like what one would find in Borneo or New Guinea. The weapons have a heavy patina so it is hard to tell any details about the blades. Were they pattern welded? Where did the steel come from?

Nice stuff,
Josh

Ps. You show something called a spoon that looks like a haut culture high healed shoe carved of wood. It made me picture Paris Hilton walking through the rain forest in spike heals

14th June 2007, 10:57 AM	#1
ligpo2001 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 16	Your website Hi Nicolas, Yes, there a couple of websites specializing in Philippine tribal stuff. For example: http://home.chello.no/~andy.anderson/Page2.html IMHO, it would be a challenge for anybody to come up with a good representative collection that would cover the entire peoples of the Philippines, as we have around 120+ cultural groups. A lifetime might not be enough to adequately study all these groups Thus, scholars tend to specialize, which I think is a wise route. Anyway, your site is cool indeed!

14th June 2007, 04:03 PM	#2
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	Truly amazing work. I collect Chinese swords and these are completely new to me. The artifacts look more like what one would find in Borneo or New Guinea. The weapons have a heavy patina so it is hard to tell any details about the blades. Were they pattern welded? Where did the steel come from? Nice stuff, Josh Ps. You show something called a spoon that looks like a haut culture high healed shoe carved of wood. It made me picture Paris Hilton walking through the rain forest in spike heals