Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2005, 03:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2005, 03:17 AM
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Would have been better if I've also got the...
Would have been better if I've also got the chance to meet you (and some of the other guys) in person :( :). Also in my visit to the Asian Civilisation Museum, Dave the curator happened to be away...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2005, 04:52 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 122,710
Meeting Adni in Singapore.
The opportunity for me to meet my friend in person at his office did finally come during a work trip to Singapore a few days ago.
It was such a wonderful experience; I was fortunate enough to see...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2005, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 24,747
Samsol,
Is that the keris mentioned in this...
Samsol,
Is that the keris mentioned in this press release?
http://www.terengganutourism.com/press%20release3.htm
Been waiting to see pictures of it and it doesn't seem "long" as mentioned in...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th March 2005, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 54
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2005, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 49,133
This popular Good Keris thread...
This popular Good Keris thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000402.html) covers the definition of Keris as well as how the word Keris is derived. Thought I bring it up here for ease of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2005, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 56
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Choi Hong Hi
Small world Andrew. I guess you'll have no problem recognising the younger Choi in this 1968 picture (which just happen to be stored in disk) taken when he was visiting Sabah and Chan-Yong Kim's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2005, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 13
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Mmontoro,
You could see some discussions on...
Mmontoro,
You could see some discussions on Malela blades plus examples at the folowing earlier threads which may answer some of your questions. Broadly, the main characteristics are the pair of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2005, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 13
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Looks a Keris Malela to me too.
From a thread in the archives (Paul's collection), keris 14 looks identical, except for some obvious difference at the base of blade.
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~pfrandes/
For ease of...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th March 2005, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 54
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2005, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 38
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Item No. 4
Agree with Tom; Chinese Shuang (double) Jians. These paired jians are designed to fit back-to-back in the same scabbard and intended to be wielded one in each hand.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2005, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2005, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 17,060
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2005, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 21,791
Somehow in some ways I owe it to you guys for...
Somehow in some ways I owe it to you guys for always providing "benchmarks" in the spirit of sharing of what you have and know that I've been able to acquire a handful items that I really treasure...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2005, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 21,791
Ah, the pictures I've been waiting to see. I...
Ah, the pictures I've been waiting to see. I could at once recognise about 10 of the items as well as to whom they belong except for a panjang (sheath with white/black stripes) which I once saw at a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2005, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 25
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Like others, I was for a while wondering where...
Like others, I was for a while wondering where Radu was and here we are another superb presentation. The pictures took ages for my slow PC to download but the visual tour was well worth it. And...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th February 2005, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 80,082
Topengan
Was looking into a few more references and it does appear examples of this type have been overwhelmingly refered to as "Bonaspati" eg by Tammens, Jensen (Den Indonesiske Kris), and Stone. Duuren...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th February 2005, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 87
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Forum: Swap Forum
13th February 2005, 01:04 PM
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That's a rather nice Ganesha, a son of Shiva....
That's a rather nice Ganesha, a son of Shiva. Sometimes a search takes ages; I've been searching for the hilts of the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva for the past 4 years but not found any (like...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2005, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 25
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On Bayu or Vayu, the god of wind.
Still reasonably fresh from my reading of the Mahabaratha (Indian version) pertaining to Mick's other thread. If I remembered correctly, the "god of wind" is called Vayu and he was the god Pandu's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2005, 04:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2005, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 20,109
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2005, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 27
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Rick, is your example an affirmative Bima?
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Rick, is your example an affirmative Bima?
Erik and Alam Shah, thanks for puttings things on the table. Figurines as such are fascinating but references have been vague it seems. So as it is; Bima...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2005, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 27
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Raden Bima
Good to see an "old boy" speak as always...
Am I right to assume this Raden Bima is the second of the Pandawa brothers of the Mahabarata epic (Yudhistira, Bima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadewa)? Don't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2005, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 20,109
Name of diety or figure?
Mick,
I've always enjoyed ALL the items you've posted and have saved them for references, if you don't mind :). Picked this one when you were in Indonesia?
When it comes to figurine hilts like...
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