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I've won a German auction with a lot of two swords, a belatu from North Nias and a pedang from Sumatra. When the auction was finished I noticed in another, unsold lot the charm ball for the scabbard of the Nias balato. So I phoned and wrote to the auction house about it and they added the charm ball to the lot for free.
Here are the poor auction pictures. Last edited by Sajen; 14th April 2024 at 10:40 PM. |
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Here my own pictures from the belatu.
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More pics!
Like you can see, shows the scabbard a tribal repair and the handle shows an encrusted patination, both I want to preserve. |
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The charm ball has alternating real teeth and wooden teeth. The real ones are socketed with wooden pegs. The charm ball fits the socket from the scabbard well.
The belatu was collected between 1970-1972 in Pematang-Siantar from a German who worked to this time on Sumatra. Last edited by Sajen; 15th April 2024 at 02:02 PM. |
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Hi Detlef,
What a great find, and with the amulet ball as a bonus. super patina. I would not clean it too much. just preserve the blade. |
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Thank you! ![]() Regards, Detlef |
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One side of the blade is cleaned, done with a Japanese rust rubber, the metal parts got rubbed with a towel only and the wooden parts got rubbed with a towel and linseed oil, no patina got removed.
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Just curious with the pedang, what is the distinct characters with pedang lombok? The gajah mungkur hilt looks like pedang lombok.
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My honest North Nias collection!
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Last picture shows from up to down: pedang Lombok pedang Sumatra pedang Sumbawa |
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