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Old 5th December 2012, 09:21 PM   #1
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Question Swordholder ?

Does anyone know this type of object from Indonesia?
Probably a swordholder, or maybe a holder for an agricultural tool?

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Old 5th December 2012, 09:28 PM   #2
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Hello Albert,

have a very similar holder, bought in Indonesia as sword holder from Java. Not sure if I can find it. When, I will post pictures but it look very similar.

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Old 5th December 2012, 10:03 PM   #3
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Hello Albert,

IIRC this is for carrying an agricultural blade that doesn't lend itself for having a scabbard made. I seem to remember a curved blade (probably not an arit though) - will need to check...

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Old 5th December 2012, 10:39 PM   #4
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Albert, could you please upload these images directly to this site. Thanks.
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Old 6th December 2012, 08:49 PM   #5
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Albert, could you please upload these images directly to this site. Thanks.
I tried, but it didn't work out. What should I do?
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Old 6th December 2012, 08:59 PM   #6
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Hi,
Here you are, needed to change PDF to JPeg.
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Old 6th December 2012, 09:00 PM   #7
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Hello Albert, The pictures are in the wrong format. You will have to redo them in jpeg or bitmap and then try to post them.

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Looks like it has already been done.
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Old 6th December 2012, 09:14 PM   #8
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That is better! Thank you all.
Any more thoughts on these objects?
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Old 6th December 2012, 09:28 PM   #9
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There is a picture of a similar holder in my post "Sickle Knife, India ??? ".

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Old 6th December 2012, 11:35 PM   #10
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THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OLD POST ON THESE IN THE ARCHIVES BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT IT BUT I HAD 3 EXAMPLES I WANTED IDENTIFIED.
HERE ARE 2 PARANG HOLDERS, THEY ARE WORN ON A BELT WHILE WORKING IN THE FIELDS. HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES ONE FROM EAST JAVA AND THE OTHER ONE JAVA/ MADURA. I DID A BRIEF SEARCH BUT HAD NO LUCK FINDING THE OLD POSTS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PICTURE OF ONE BEING WORN AS WELL AS MORE INFORMATION.
THE LIGHTER COLORED ONE ON THE BOTTOM IS FROM EAST JAVA AND IS SITTING UPSIDE DOWN.
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Old 7th December 2012, 07:37 AM   #11
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There is a picture of a similar holder in my post "Sickle Knife, India ??? ".
Here is the link and Berk's pic from Nepal for future reference: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16457
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Old 8th December 2012, 07:56 PM   #12
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Many thanks for the additional information.
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