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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd September 2015, 09:01 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 13,009
Posted By Sentrad
Congrat Detlev,

IMO Kantas are much rarer than other shield types, so you are really lucky to get one. I had this luck some forty years ago at Galerie Lemaire in Amsterdam. Here are some pics:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th April 2015, 09:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,998
Posted By Sentrad
[B]Wooden helmets of the Igorot, Luzon[/B]

I would like to present you some helmets from the Philippines. Though there is a lot of different types of helmets in the armouries of the peoples of Indonesia and the Philippines, I believe that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th March 2015, 08:54 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,064
Posted By Sentrad
Skafte

Skafte passed away appr. 12 years ago. I had the opportunity to buy some books from his daughter and she told me, that his collection of Indonesia weapons has been sold as well.
Udo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st February 2015, 05:13 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,574
Posted By Sentrad
Visayan sword: It is a Spanish colonial sword from Cuba

Many thanks to everybody who helped me to get an answer to the question of determination of this interesting sword!
So it seems to be that it is used by the “Chasseurs del Rey”, a kind of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2015, 08:27 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,618
Posted By Sentrad
A superb piece, Detlef, congratulation! I'm...

A superb piece, Detlef, congratulation! I'm looking since ages for such a dagger and asked some Filipino dealers, but I've got only cheap stuff offered. It will certainly be one one the highlights of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2015, 09:29 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,574
Posted By Sentrad
Visayan sword? Identification needed!

I bought this “rare Philippines sword” some time ago, but I have no idea where it is coming from.
It is a single-edge stabbing sword with a long thick shoulder and spear point. The shoulder is...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th December 2014, 07:30 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 21,237
Posted By Sentrad
Tugu kujang in the Sunda region in Western Java

The kudi or kujang was the typical weapon in Sunda and not the kris, so the Sundanese erected a monument for the kujang.
Udo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th December 2014, 09:38 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 62,530
Posted By Sentrad
Again a Kenyah shield, but with interesting provenience:

Max. length 106,2 cm; length of side edges 69,1 cm / 86,4 cm; length of handle 31,7 cm; max. width 29,7 cm.

This shield looks nice, but there are l a lot of shields in this fantastic thread,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th November 2014, 08:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,750
Posted By Sentrad
Hi Nonoy, thank you very much for your...

Hi Nonoy,
thank you very much for your comment! I took me some time to follow the tracks of this shield. It has been collected in the beginning of the sixties last century in the cordillera by the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2014, 08:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,487
Posted By Sentrad
Hi all,

thanks very much for your interest, comments and questions.

I bought this armour from the late Baron von Hochstetter from Duesseldorf, Germany. He had a very nice collection of Indonesian and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2014, 10:12 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,750
Posted By Sentrad
Hi Nonoy, it had a strong smell when I bought...

Hi Nonoy,
it had a strong smell when I bought it and 2000 and still have a smell of smoke, the same smell I register when I enter the room with my Ifugao basketry. Indeed the workmanship seems not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th October 2014, 09:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,750
Posted By Sentrad
Igorot armour: A Bontoc dancing shield

Within my small Igorot collection there is a shield with the silhouette of a classical Bontoc shield (described in this forum), but without the wings on the surface and instead of the boss is a semi...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th October 2014, 10:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,487
Posted By Sentrad
Moro armour: A Coat of Mail and Plate

I just want to present to the forum some pics of a coat of mail and plate from my collection. It's from Maranao, Lanao del Sur, Western Mindanao, Philippines, a construction from brass chains and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th October 2014, 03:15 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,504
Posted By Sentrad
Michael, any chance of getting the...

Michael,
any chance of getting the bibliographical data of this article? Or even to get a copy? I'm intested in all kinds of literature of Moro armour.
Thanks a lot

Udo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th September 2014, 08:15 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 53,077
Posted By Sentrad
Two more helmets

I am really very glad, that Oliver opened this thread to get more information about the armour of the Southern Philippines / Northern Indonesian region. As far as I know, both Portuguese and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th September 2014, 03:46 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 16,283
Posted By Sentrad
Close up pics continued

Pics from the other side of Alor sword #2. The bottom of the shoe of this sword shows some cracks,perhaps from putting it on the ground during ceremonies?

Udo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th September 2014, 03:37 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 16,283
Posted By Sentrad
Close up pics

Thank you very much Detlev and Kai for your nice welcome words! Here are the close-up pics from Alor sword #2 from one side, other side will follow.

Udo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2014, 10:21 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 62,530
Posted By Sentrad
Just one more

Here is one of my Borneo shields: Max. length 131,7 cm; length of side edges 102,2 cm / 103,2 cm; length of handle 31,7 cm; max. width 31,7 cm.
Provenance: French Collection.
Udo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th September 2014, 07:17 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 16,283
Posted By Sentrad
Another status sword from Alor

Dear members,
though I am a member since 2010, due to some reasons my first post is following only now.

I think Karel Sirag has given about the Alor sword in this thread a very in depth going...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th August 2011, 09:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 13,707
Posted By Sentrad
Thanks Indianajones, this will help me as well....

Thanks Indianajones, this will help me as well. Udo
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