TUMBUK LADA

Rick · 22nd August 2023, 08:54 PM

What's the consensus of opinion about this example?
Measures 12 inches in its scabbard, a 7 inch blade.
Tumbuk Lada or something else?

Sajen · 22nd August 2023, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

What's the consensus of opinion about this example?
Measures 12 inches in its scabbard, a 7 inch blade.
Tumbuk Lada or something else?

Something else!

I would carefully call it badik from Sumatra.

Regards,
Detlef

A. G. Maisey · 22nd August 2023, 10:45 PM

My opinion possibly varies from the opinions of others.

I believe that as students of ethnographic weaponry we should strive to maintain culturally correct naming of objects under investigation or discussion. If we want precision in this respect, well, we are in the wrong field of knowledge.

However, as collectors of objects that are outside our own cultures & societies we could adopt an alpha-numeric system of naming, and that would assist in maintaining some degree of consistency & precision.

Gavin Nugent · 26th August 2023, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

My opinion possibly varies from the opinions of others.

I believe that as students of ethnographic weaponry we should strive to maintain culturally correct naming of objects under investigation or discussion. If we want precision in this respect, well, we are in the wrong field of knowledge.

However, as collectors of objects that are outside our own cultures & societies we could adopt an alpha-numeric system of naming, and that would assist in maintaining some degree of consistency & precision.

Amen to that.

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A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,736	My opinion possibly varies from the opinions of others. I believe that as students of ethnographic weaponry we should strive to maintain culturally correct naming of objects under investigation or discussion. If we want precision in this respect, well, we are in the wrong field of knowledge. However, as collectors of objects that are outside our own cultures & societies we could adopt an alpha-numeric system of naming, and that would assist in maintaining some degree of consistency & precision.