Size Difference of Moro Spears

zelbone · 16th December 2004, 04:57 PM

Excellent spear collection, Zamboanga!

Do you have an example of an example of a sankil to share with us? I'm curious to see one. Also have you seen any examples of Maranao budiaks? Here's an old budiak of mine that I'm assuming is Maguindanao since there's a capture tag on it stating it was collected around Cotobato in 1907.

zamboanga · 17th December 2004, 05:17 AM

rick,

your spear appears to have the profile of a moro budiak. in my opinion it could have been reserved for a ceremonial purpose - wedding, courtship along with a panji perhaps... its too beautiful for battle. as to tribe, i'm certain it is not yakan, the ferrule is too long almost the length of the blade itself to qualify as yakan.

zelbone,

i do not have budiaks from other tribes.

here is the only link i found with reference to a sankil:

http://litera1no4.tripod.com/yakan_frame.html

the sankil has a wicked hook-like design meant for thrusting and pulling out a person's guts.

zamboanga · 17th December 2004, 05:24 AM

"panji" - flag sometimes attached to a budiak/s during ceremonies.

zamboanga · 17th December 2004, 08:48 AM

zel,

is that rattan in your budiak? the original pole of that budiak?

Rick · 17th December 2004, 03:45 PM

For your input on my spear Zamboanga .

16th December 2004, 04:57 PM	#1
zelbone Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VISAYAS and MINDANAO Posts: 169	Seen any Maranao budiaks? Excellent spear collection, Zamboanga! Do you have an example of an example of a sankil to share with us? I'm curious to see one. Also have you seen any examples of Maranao budiaks? Here's an old budiak of mine that I'm assuming is Maguindanao since there's a capture tag on it stating it was collected around Cotobato in 1907. Attached Images

17th December 2004, 03:45 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Thanks .... For your input on my spear Zamboanga .

17th December 2004, 05:17 AM	#2
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	rick, your spear appears to have the profile of a moro budiak. in my opinion it could have been reserved for a ceremonial purpose - wedding, courtship along with a panji perhaps... its too beautiful for battle. as to tribe, i'm certain it is not yakan, the ferrule is too long almost the length of the blade itself to qualify as yakan. zelbone, i do not have budiaks from other tribes. here is the only link i found with reference to a sankil: http://litera1no4.tripod.com/yakan_frame.html the sankil has a wicked hook-like design meant for thrusting and pulling out a person's guts.

17th December 2004, 05:24 AM	#3
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	"panji" - flag sometimes attached to a budiak/s during ceremonies.

17th December 2004, 08:48 AM	#4
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	zel, is that rattan in your budiak? the original pole of that budiak?