Origin of the Kalinga Axe

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Nonoy Tan

2. Looks like a Panabas from Mindanao, but actually from northeastern luzon [Cordillera area].

Hello Nonoy,

When I visited the museum of the Phil. national hero, Padre Burgos, in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, they also have on display several Cordillera weapons:

[1] a similarly shaped scythe, that also looks like the Moro panabas;

[2] a bolo called buneng, which is reminiscent of the Moro barong;

[3] the Balbelasan (Abra) battle axe; and

[4] a couple of spears and shields.

For info of our friends, Ilocos Sur is right beside Abra, and Abra is part of the Cordillera.

So from north to south of the Phils., the ethnic blades tend to be similar. Except for the Cordillera axe, that is, which really seems to be a class of its own.

Originally Posted by Rick

Great thread Gentlemen !
Surely destined for the Classics .
Press on !

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Thanks for the comment, Rick!