14th September 2023, 07:42 AM | #1 |
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Moro swords postcard photo for record
This is from a postcard that the owner sells prints of. It is not clear to me how this falls within forum rules. Please remove with apologies if it violates policy. I want to add here because it shows a blade profile and hilt I have not seen before and dates a barung pommel and scabbard style. This is the information listed with it:
Title: Mrs. Adams Moro; weapons Date Created/Published: [between 1909 and 1919] Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. |
14th September 2023, 01:28 PM | #2 |
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Jeff:
I suspect the top weapon may have its origins in Indonesia or Malaya/North Borneo. Whether it was adopted to any great degree by the Bangsa Moro people is hard to know. The hilt bears some resemblance to a Palawano hilt of a bangkung that I just sold. . |
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