Sundanga from Sulawesi for comment

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by VVV

Maurice,

Except the silver (instead of horn) used for the hilts there also seems to be a difference in the shapes of the end of the hilts between the Sundanese and Makassarese versions.
However, the scabbards and blades don't seem to differ, like you wrote.

Michael

OK Michael.

Ofcourse there lived a lot of Europeans in Batavia (nowadays Jakarta).
I've wrote that most Europeans who lived in Celebes, lived around Makassar.
People came in on Batavia, and from there they spread over the Indonesian archipellago, and a lot of them to the region around Makassar.

Maybe this could be the link between the swords. The Europeans often took their Javanese servants with them...... Could it be that the Celebes natives liked their swords and took it over including giving them the "Celebes touch"?