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Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Hello all,
I acquired this knife recently. I have an interest in ancestor figures on edged weapons and scabbards as design features with various degrees of symbolic importance. I came upon this thread and perhaps it provides a clue: Tanimbar Moluccas, Indonesia? http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=Ancestor These are the seller's pictures. After I clean it up a bit and work on that rust, I'll have new pictures to share. Does anyone recognize this knife or design or can comment? Best Regards, Dave A. |
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I believe it's Batak.
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Agreed, Rick. I was about to say the same.
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Thanks very much. That it might be Batak was in the back of my head and was my first impression until I saw the other thread.
Superficially, the shape and carvings resemble the Batak Piso Gaja Dompak with the exception that no elephant is depicted on the hilt. So I suspected it was in that style, but of far lesser prestige than the kingly Piso Gaja Dompak. Links below are to original; Google translate is a big help ![]() Wikipedia article Piso Gaja Dompak as royal pusaka Comments? Any notions of age? |
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Hello Dave,
It's a Toba Batak knife, see this threads: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=toba+batak http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=toba+batak http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=toba+batak This one seems to have some age, please show pictures when you have cleaned the blade. Regards, Detlef |
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