Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2010, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Cambodian sickle
Hi Nathaniel,
These two rice cutting tools are from Cambodia.(one piece only, but two exposures)
Your photo of these 15 or 16 tools from Cambodia do not clearly show the hook and the handle of...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th August 2010, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,326
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2010, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,326
Thanks to every one,
I think we are...
Thanks to every one,
I think we are progressing.
No it does not have to be a British officer: the identification was done by my mother who had a tendency to write what she believed to be correct...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2010, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,326
Thanks to both.
Kronckew , if Gal Stuart died...
Thanks to both.
Kronckew , if Gal Stuart died in 1820 or 1834 this answers my question: the photo cannot be of the Gal. Stuart.
Who is the gentleman ?
Only the uniform and the sword can give a...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2010, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,326
A sword and a uniform
hello every one
I am coming from the Ethnographic side of the forum and do not know if my questions are answerable by your team of experts.
The attached gentleman is supposed to be the Gal Robert...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th December 2009, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 59,460
Ivory ?
Hi Danny,
Are you sure it is Ivory ?
Have you made the traditional hot needle test?
The lack of sharpness in the details make me think it could be molded.
I may be totally wrong and in that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th December 2009, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,495
Superbe
Hi Luc,
Superb. A collection that I put at the same level as the one of the British Museum.
By the way, do you know that in the Island of Aix in front of Rochefort ( France) there is a small Museum...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th December 2009, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,018
answer from the kris owner
Hello every one
Thank you Alan for your little story. Instructive point of view.
Now, I transmitted the complete discussion to the owner of the kris and this is a free translation of the main...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2009, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Ceremonial knife
Hi Detlef,
Interesting suggestion: a ceremonial knife to cut umbilical cord.
I have made a quick search on Google but found nothing of interest.
I will keep looking !
Thank you.
Emanuel,
Is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2009, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Thank you David,
It is indeed a parang ginah,...
Thank you David,
It is indeed a parang ginah, Stone page 481 and van Zoneveld page 98, (only a description no photo) confirm it.
I have not found any name or picture for the other tools or weapons ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2009, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Sickles / weapons
Hi Emanuel,
Thanks you for your message and the links.
I did not know that sickles had to have concave edge.
How do you name cutting tools with convex edges ?
In French, my mother tongue, I do...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th December 2009, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,018
Glued knob
Yes Detlef, the piece is glued.
I however doubt the kriss is coming from Ebay as the owner does not utilize Ebay (He is a well known kriss collector with an extensive knowledge on the kriss and the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2009, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Sickles / weapons
This last one is quite amazing. It is a goat(?) horn to which the blade has been fixed. The sharp edge is on the exterior, at the base of the blade is en enlargement to allow the thumb positioning....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2009, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Sickles / weapons
The following sickle is definitely a tool with an angle between the blade and the handle. The sharp edge is on the exterior of the blade. The interior of the blade being blunt and thicker.
No name,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2009, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
Sickles / weapons
An other sickle from Kelantan Malaysia named there a Parang.
For the next one I do not have any name and it looks essentially as a sickle . It is also coming from Malaysia.
Can anyone tell me more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2009, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 33,107
sickles/ weapons of other country than India
Since we are showing sickles of India, could we look at sickles / weapons of other countries like Malaysia, Indonesia.
The first is a Kelewang from Kelantan (Malaysia) very similar to the Kelewang...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th December 2009, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 19
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a strange hulu detail
Ever seen such a small "ad on" a Jogakarta kriss handle ?
Why , What for ?
Thanks for any information
Regards
Michel
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th November 2009, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,174
Book on Blawong
Hi Marco,
Thank you for the information. I have already ordered the book in Amazon USA ( best price compared to Europe) Delivery in February only !
How do you find all the new publications. You...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2009, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,495
Well Rick,
Your remark is a very valid one ...
Well Rick,
Your remark is a very valid one
That tang is really short but this is not a real kampilan that will be utilized. I can glue the tang inside the pommel and I think, I could even get rid...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2009, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,495
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2009, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,495
Kampilan
Thanks to all of you.
Rick: Yes the handles are in bones except the one at 10 o'clock, the Jawa keris in the middle and the keris Moro at 7 o'clock.
I am responsible for this strange combination...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2009, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,495
Kampilan ?
During my last relocation, the grip of this micro Philipino weapon was lost.
It is part of the attached plate showing several type of Philipino weapons.
Is this micro weapon a kampilan ?
Is the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th September 2009, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 17,758
An interesting but not so peculiar hulu
Thank you Detlef,
Now that I have seen it, it does not look as peculiar as I initially thought.
In your first picture, I saw a bird with a double beak. I had never seen a double beak with long...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th September 2009, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 17,758
What a collection !
Hi Sajen,
very interesting collection.
Could you show us the third hulu, front row. It looks really peculiar.
Congratulations
Michel :)
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th August 2009, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 14,011
Hulu Tajong ?
Thank you Kai Wee,
I had some suspicions as I bought it in Jogjakarta.
No problem with your frankness, it is the right way to enable us to learn. Now, you identify this imitation due to the fact it...
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