Is it madness or are we all stinking rich?

VVV · 27th August 2007, 09:11 PM

Seems to be a bit misunderstanding here about the so called Nabur issue again.
It all unfortunately started with Stone's book.
The picture in Stone shows a Luzon blade and I wasn't the one who figured out exacty where it came from.
Only that it wasn't from Borneo, or had any other Malay origin, and my guess was the Philippines.
Other forumites concluded to which area in the Philippines.
The text from Stone however was based on a misunderstanding of a quote from Ling Roth about the Parang Nyabur.
The sword Ben refers to - the Beladah Belabang - is of Malay, non-Dayak origin, and is not a Sea Dayak traditional sword.
Actually I haven't seen any of those collected at all even close to any Sea Dayak territory.
Ben, if you found new evidence to show that this is incorrect please state a reliable and old enough source for this?

Michael

27th August 2007, 09:11 PM	#21
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Seems to be a bit misunderstanding here about the so called Nabur issue again. It all unfortunately started with Stone's book. The picture in Stone shows a Luzon blade and I wasn't the one who figured out exacty where it came from. Only that it wasn't from Borneo, or had any other Malay origin, and my guess was the Philippines. Other forumites concluded to which area in the Philippines. The text from Stone however was based on a misunderstanding of a quote from Ling Roth about the Parang Nyabur. The sword Ben refers to - the Beladah Belabang - is of Malay, non-Dayak origin, and is not a Sea Dayak traditional sword. Actually I haven't seen any of those collected at all even close to any Sea Dayak territory. Ben, if you found new evidence to show that this is incorrect please state a reliable and old enough source for this? Michael