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Hello,
a pira from Lamitan, Basllan. A gift to our family by the family of my sister-in-law (who was from the Yakan tribe) in the 60s. Enjoy, Yves |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate New York, USA
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Very nice and similar in the core parts to that I posted in your other thread. The additional wrappings on your family's example surely show evidence of a well cherished blade.
With your family connections, could you inform me of how these were carried and used in the times after WWII? Were they seen primarily as a weapon or were these routinely used and carried tools for everyday tasks (such as machetes are in tropical Latin America)? |
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Hello, Thank you for your very kind words. In my experience during the 80s, I often see piras as being carried around their waist (life the barungs/kris). Sometimes, when they are seen on the laps of men(when they are sitting down). It's been used both a weapon and an agricultural blade. It is the favored blade weapon of the Yakan people of Basilan. Regards Yves |
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