A sword design theory (Phil., Indonesia, & Malaysia)

migueldiaz · 15th November 2012, 01:48 PM

Some more bird pics ...

migueldiaz · 15th November 2012, 01:51 PM

Some more ... and the whole set can be seen from my Facebook Page on Phil. weapons, here, which I can think can be accessed by anyone even if he doesn't have a Facebook account.

migueldiaz · 16th November 2012, 10:49 AM

Here's the first batch of pics for the Serpent/Dragon segment, still from Amsterdam's Tropenmuseum ...

migueldiaz · 16th November 2012, 10:50 AM

more pics ...

migueldiaz · 16th November 2012, 10:52 AM

some more ... and there's a lot more pics here ...

migueldiaz · 16th November 2012, 11:28 PM

regarding that priest's staff above (batak/sumatra) where a serpent appears to be moving towards the ancestor, the igorots of northern luzon have the exact same staff by the way.

and this is just one example of the very many similarities among the original designs and motifs and themes in malaysia-indonesia-phils.

and if one casts a wider net so that taiwan and oceania are included (i.e., the austronesian migration), one will discover that aside from genetics and linguistics, the ethnography of austronesian world is very much coherent and consistent.

next up are the icons of the middle earth, the land of the living ...

migueldiaz · 16th November 2012, 11:32 PM

So here now is the third segment, the symbols of the 3rd section (i.e., earth) of the tripartite cosmos of the Austronesians.

The use of the flower as motif is not as widely discussed as the use of the Bird-Sun and Serpent-Snake themes.

So I'll post more pics for this topic ...

15th November 2012, 01:48 PM	#1
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	Some more bird pics ... Attached Images

15th November 2012, 01:51 PM	#2
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	Some more ... and the whole set can be seen from my Facebook Page on Phil. weapons, here, which I can think can be accessed by anyone even if he doesn't have a Facebook account. Attached Images

16th November 2012, 10:49 AM	#3
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	Here's the first batch of pics for the Serpent/Dragon segment, still from Amsterdam's Tropenmuseum ... Attached Images

16th November 2012, 10:50 AM	#4
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	more pics ... Attached Images

16th November 2012, 10:52 AM	#5
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	some more ... and there's a lot more pics here ... Attached Images

16th November 2012, 11:28 PM	#6
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	regarding that priest's staff above (batak/sumatra) where a serpent appears to be moving towards the ancestor, the igorots of northern luzon have the exact same staff by the way. and this is just one example of the very many similarities among the original designs and motifs and themes in malaysia-indonesia-phils. and if one casts a wider net so that taiwan and oceania are included (i.e., the austronesian migration), one will discover that aside from genetics and linguistics, the ethnography of austronesian world is very much coherent and consistent. next up are the icons of the middle earth, the land of the living ...

16th November 2012, 11:32 PM	#7
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	So here now is the third segment, the symbols of the 3rd section (i.e., earth) of the tripartite cosmos of the Austronesians. The use of the flower as motif is not as widely discussed as the use of the Bird-Sun and Serpent-Snake themes. So I'll post more pics for this topic ... Attached Images