Sundanga from Sulawesi for comment

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Originally Posted by Maurice

Hi Detlef,

I love those old tags! Keep it with the sword...

Yes I've read the two other threads, and I agree they must be from Celebes than.
But there are those strong resemblances with Javanese swords/pedangs, that there must be a connection somewhere, somehow (as Michael also stated in one of the other threads).

I attached an image of some weapons of the governor of Bandung from about 1880.
Here you see the "Javanese" brothers (three on the left and four pieces at the right) standing upright (but they miss the "Celebes touch" what can be seen on the three mentioned).

My feeling is that they also are all pre 1850 and very old, and must be connected somehow with the Celebes ones....
(just my guess, open for discussion ofcourse)

Hi Maurice,

yes I know this Sunda swords called sintoeng like shown from Gene in this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=sintoeng and agree that there are a lot of affinity between them and special the one from Marco. And like you I believe that there is a connection between them.

Best,

Detlef