Ceremonial moro keris? Comment needed!

[Federico]

Originally Posted by Battara

Thank you Federico for that note - did not know that about high end Sulu pieces sporting Maranao fittings.

Now Im not saying that high end Sulu pieces sport Maranao fittings, Im just saying, if we are going by Bob's research then it is a possibility.

My own guess is that "High End" Sulu fittings that are Sulu made were more likely Iranun vs Maranao (more contact and the Iranun are noted by Warren as having brought big advances in Sulu swords and particularly in the context of the 19th century Iranun sailors often worked in tandem with Sulu missions). Then again how do we distinguish Iranun styles of kris? Was their relationship to the Maranao such that they would be similar (depending on whose origin theory for the Iranun and Maranao you buy are they the same group differentiated by land, or even are all the Mindanao groups truly just variations of eachother, etc...)?