Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Bebondolan VS Nunggak Semi: Which is older?

PenangsangII · 15th January 2011, 02:25 PM

i believe both nunggak semi and bebondolan were stylized from the old figural hilts types. Both could have existed in more or less the same era though the reason behind it could be different.

IMHO bebondolan hilts was created for more practical reasons. It is easier to make compared to figural ones, and of course less time consuming if you are to arm an army.

Nunggak semi is said to be created to islamized the figural keris hilts

15th January 2011, 02:25 PM	#2
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	i believe both nunggak semi and bebondolan were stylized from the old figural hilts types. Both could have existed in more or less the same era though the reason behind it could be different. IMHO bebondolan hilts was created for more practical reasons. It is easier to make compared to figural ones, and of course less time consuming if you are to arm an army. Nunggak semi is said to be created to islamized the figural keris hilts