Bolo for commentary

[milandro]

I have recently acquired this Bolo , or at least I suppose it is. I don't know if it can be called a Luzon weapon.

This weapon has been brought to the Netherlands in 1949 from a Dutch soldier, the father of the seller, acquired it while serving in Indonesia during the independence war.

I don't know how this travelled from the Philippines to Indonesia but this is the record I have. I have bought another two blades from him one from Yogyakarta and the other one from Madura and as far as I know, he was stationed on Java.

The Item looks a bit older in real than it looks in the pictures, the blade has a very think spine, 8mm and the blade measures 36,5cm from tip to ferrule. The blade is very nicely and ornately chiseled.

The sheath is very well made albeit very light and going through the many pictures of bolos that I have watched I didn't find any like this. It was certainly specifically made for this blade .


I would like people to comment on which tribe may have been this made by and if this would fall under the Luzon weaponry or not.