16th January 2016, 10:17 AM | #1 |
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Ivory Hilt Barong for Sharing
Greetings.
I've just won this ivory-hilted barong sword from a local auction site here in New Zealand. It was described by the seller as a bring back sword from Malaya/Borneo by a NZ officer and dates from the 19th century. The ivory hilt has a horn spacer after the silver ferrule with twine wrapping for easy grip. The hilt is carved in the form of a stylised dragon head or naga which I think is rather quite rare. The blade looks like a typical single-edged barong blade with probable lamination patterns. The pictures are from the seller. Cheers, Algelan Last edited by Aslan Paladin; 17th January 2016 at 05:11 AM. |
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