View Single Post
Old 31st October 2023, 11:23 AM   #5
xasterix
Member
 
xasterix's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 667
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gustav View Post
Xasterix, Ian,

thank you very much for your responses!

What are the possibilities to explain such "cross cultural" pieces in your opinion?

- a certain ethnic group?

- perhaps an older style from Mindanao, still closer to Sulu?

- something else?
Just like its cousin the keris... Moro kris and kalis have long service lifetimes... a lot of adventures, passed down through different hands, different circumstances, different places, different eras... so mixed signatures aren't really that uncommon
xasterix is offline   Reply With Quote