AS JOSE SAID IT APPEARS THERE WERE AT LEAST 2 WAYS SWORDS AND WORK KNIVES WERE CARRIED. WORK KNIVES USUALLY HAVE THE CORD TYPE OF CARRY. WHEN WORKING AND FOR EVERYDAY WEAR IN THE TROPICS A SORT OF BREACH CLOTH IS THE NORM. A TIGHT CORD FASTENED AROUND THE WAIST ON OR ABOVE THE BREACHCLOTH FORMING THE BELT SEEMS TO BE THE NORM. THE OTHER WAY IS TIEING A CLOTH AROUND THE WAIST OVER THE BREACHCLOTH BELT AND THRUSTING THE SWORD SCABBARD THRU IT.
NOT EASY TO FIND PICTURES TO ILLISTRATE CLEARLY BUT HERE A FEW. ONE IS A DAYAK SHOWING THE BELT/CORD. ALL THE OTHERS SHOW PHILIPPINE WARRIORS IFUGAO AND KALINGA. NOTE HOW TIGHT THEY KEPT THE WAIST OF THEIR BREACHCLOTH. ANOTHER SMALL TIGHT CORD WOULD NOT HAVE BOTHERED THEM MUCH. IN ONE PICTURE IT SHOWS A MARRIAGE AND THE KRIS APPEARS TO BE HUNG BY A CLOTH POSSIBLY ITS ANTING ANTING?? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS??
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