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14th April 2024, 05:47 PM
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Belatu/Balato from North Nias
I've won a German auction with a lot of two swords, a belatu from North Nias and a pedang from Sumatra. When the auction was finished I noticed in another, unsold lot the charm ball for the scabbard of the Nias balato. So I phoned and wrote to the auction house about it and they added the charm ball to the lot for free.
Here are the poor auction pictures. Last edited by Sajen; 14th April 2024 at 10:40 PM. |
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14th April 2024, 05:52 PM
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Here my own pictures from the belatu.
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14th April 2024, 05:59 PM
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More pics!
Like you can see, shows the scabbard a tribal repair and the handle shows an encrusted patination, both I want to preserve. |
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14th April 2024, 06:13 PM
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The charm ball
The charm ball has alternating real teeth and wooden teeth. The real ones are socketed with wooden pegs. The charm ball fits the socket from the scabbard well.
The belatu was collected between 1970-1972 in Pematang-Siantar from a German who worked to this time on Sumatra. Last edited by Sajen; 15th April 2024 at 02:02 PM. |
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14th April 2024, 09:14 PM
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Hi Detlef,
What a great find, and with the amulet ball as a bonus. super patina. I would not clean it too much. just preserve the blade. |
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14th April 2024, 09:46 PM
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Thank you!  I don't will remove any patina. But the blade will get cleaned but not polished, I only will remove rust and grease.Regards, Detlef |
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