Barong question.

migueldiaz · 29th November 2010, 11:32 PM

richard, the hilt looks like it's palawan (cf. pic below of a palawan bangkung; ian's original post is here).

by the way, i've been to the southern part of palawan and it's so far from the rest of the philippines that when you turn on your a.m. radio, all you here is sabah (northern borneo) broadcasts. thus am sure there's a lot of commonality in design in general between northern borneo and palawan.

hence on the other hand it's also possible that it's from borneo, as vinny and jose said. thanks

Pukka Bundook · 30th November 2010, 02:26 PM

Thank you all for your replies, and for filling in a few blanks for me!
I need to get out my world atlas now.
Any idea of age?

The culture, weaponry, etc is very intriguing to me, and I always seem to want to know more, and every question answered seems to uncover more questions! Thank you again for your time.

Richard..

29th November 2010, 11:32 PM	#1
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	richard, the hilt looks like it's palawan (cf. pic below of a palawan bangkung; ian's original post is here). by the way, i've been to the southern part of palawan and it's so far from the rest of the philippines that when you turn on your a.m. radio, all you here is sabah (northern borneo) broadcasts. thus am sure there's a lot of commonality in design in general between northern borneo and palawan. hence on the other hand it's also possible that it's from borneo, as vinny and jose said. thanks Attached Images

30th November 2010, 02:26 PM	#2
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Thank you all for your replies, and for filling in a few blanks for me! I need to get out my world atlas now. Any idea of age? The culture, weaponry, etc is very intriguing to me, and I always seem to want to know more, and every question answered seems to uncover more questions! Thank you again for your time. Richard..