Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th December 2015, 12:41 PM
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Yes I am fully aware of that. Everything that...
Yes I am fully aware of that. Everything that looks nice, different etc. must be talismanic at those times (and still) in Indonesia.
I thought I answered your questions before. Gold was something...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th December 2015, 12:31 PM
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I don't know why the information would be from...
I don't know why the information would be from third or fourth hand information? I can not find it anywhere. He visited the area himself, and lived since 1657 in Ambon, and in 1662 he travelled to...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th December 2015, 07:20 PM
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Nice kris David!
I agree about the prefered...
Nice kris David!
I agree about the prefered golden kinatah. And also I agree that most kerisses we know off use gold instead of suassa.
But that is not what I am trying to deny here.
A friend...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th December 2015, 02:53 PM
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Beautiful hilts David!
I am not familiar...
Beautiful hilts David!
I am not familiar with this collection unfortunately.
Are they also collected at that early time, and by whom?
I have no doubt that they did adorne gold.
But I have...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th December 2015, 11:19 AM
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I have put myself into the matter of Rumphius...
I have put myself into the matter of Rumphius lately.
It is much more interesting as the small text Loedjoe is quoting at the start of this thread.
Rumphius was working by the VOC. This is very...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th December 2015, 10:47 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th December 2015, 12:20 PM
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The Original passage above, is not saying that...
The Original passage above, is not saying that they use suassa instead of gold.
It says suassa is preferred because of thoughts that the one who wears it should be free of all kind of bad luck if...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th December 2015, 10:13 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th December 2015, 06:14 PM
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REPOST:
just came up with this interesting...
REPOST:
just came up with this interesting suassa text.
It is strange though that they describe it so extendedly with name of the Javanese emperor etc. It was a very early writing, so it might...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th December 2015, 05:52 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th December 2015, 02:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2015, 12:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2015, 12:22 AM
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The carving of the scabbard tells me that the...
The carving of the scabbard tells me that the blowpipe most likely is from the Kutai area (east Borneo). Therefore I decided to keep this one, as this is one of my most favorite area's.
The iron...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2015, 04:57 PM
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Hello Detlef,
Nice to see a sumpitan with...
Hello Detlef,
Nice to see a sumpitan with Original scabbard.
This is pretty rare, as most sumpitans I know have no scabbard.
I also have a sumpitan with scabbard, which I attached some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2015, 08:10 PM
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Hi Amuk,
Could you please spend some time in...
Hi Amuk,
Could you please spend some time in answering Michaels questions, as I also would like to know and am curious about the names you use in your "recognition chart"?
I suppose you have the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2015, 10:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2015, 09:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2015, 08:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2015, 08:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2015, 10:23 AM
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Thank you for your kind words Jim!
Just like...
Thank you for your kind words Jim!
Just like all of us here, most of us are all interested in a specific area of collecting, although we all love swords.
For me this specific area is Borneo, so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2015, 10:16 AM
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You're welcome Alan!
The Nieuwenhuis volumes...
You're welcome Alan!
The Nieuwenhuis volumes unfortunately are not available (as far as I know) in English, but only in Dutch and German language, but it has some very beautifull old pictures in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2015, 02:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2015, 11:52 AM
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Hi Jim,
it is the style of the handle and...
Hi Jim,
it is the style of the handle and scabbard.
This "style" can be found in the Nieuwenhuis (1219- Leiden museum)collection for instance, collected by himself during one of his expeditions...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2015, 11:34 AM
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Yes that is absolutely true.
But in this...
Yes that is absolutely true.
But in this specific handle which Green depicted, it is obviously the case.
Here the quality of workmanship is an indicator of age I'm afraid.
The same can be said...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2015, 11:32 AM
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