Moro Kris?

Battara · 29th December 2011, 04:47 AM

Welcome to our little forum! Well for starters it seems to be a 1940s kris with aluminum bands on the hilt. The piece also seems to be from the Maranao tribe (on Mindanao Island) with a Tausug (Sulu archepalego) blade. The designs on the blade are called ukkil in Sulu and some say that they are decorative while others say talismanic. I lean more toward the decorative at this point. Of the three types of blade, wavy, straight, and half wavy half straight, it is obviously the latter.

29th December 2011, 04:47 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	Welcome to our little forum! Well for starters it seems to be a 1940s kris with aluminum bands on the hilt. The piece also seems to be from the Maranao tribe (on Mindanao Island) with a Tausug (Sulu archepalego) blade. The designs on the blade are called ukkil in Sulu and some say that they are decorative while others say talismanic. I lean more toward the decorative at this point. Of the three types of blade, wavy, straight, and half wavy half straight, it is obviously the latter.