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I recently got this old tenegre but I am not familiar what figure is carved on the wooden hilt. May I kindly ask for anyone who can identify this?
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It's called "bakunawa". Nice Panay tenegre from around 1900.
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Not claiming to be a talibong or tenegre expert, but based on my limited experience I'd place that closer to pre-WW2 than 1900. |
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I would have to agree with Xasterix. This is a piece from just prior to WW2. Lovely tenegre by the way.
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The lamination in the blade looks interesting. Worthy of an etch to bring out the pattern.
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Thank you for all the inputs. I have yet to know what the figure on the hilt is really called.
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Yes, of course you are correct. ![]() So it's better described as anito. Here the thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=tenegre Quote:
![]() But I can live with the first quarter 20th century well. ![]() Regards, Detlef |
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I guess you will never exactly know, be happy with anito. ![]() Here is some information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anito When I understand correctly there are facebook groups in the Philippines, I don't know in which language written but I don't have facebook and don't want to join. ![]() You have a nice tenegre there, be careful, they are addictive and they are not cheap. ![]() ![]() Regards, Detlef |
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Understood. Would you mind posting a few close up pictures of the pattern? I'm most interested in the central portion of the blade. There appears to be two parallel lines running from the forte towards the tip. It reminds me of what you sometimes see in twistcore and while probably not a guy can always hope and dream right! Plus the lamination towards the edge of the blade looks nice. Not too shabby!
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Greetings, Detlef- I think I chanced upon it in the book:
A Warrior's Armament and Ornament: The Edwin R. Bautista Collection of Philippine Bladed Weapons It was released early this year. It may also be mentioned in the Filipino Traditional Blades Facebook page, of which there are extensive pictures and classifications of modern talibong. Sorry I can't link there- my FB is deactivated currently. |
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There's been a timely post by a PH museum on the matter that may be of interest. Hoping the admins would make an exception of this link since it's informative:
https://www.facebook.com/nationalmus...41311323347690 Anyway since the pommel in question does look like a monkey, I guess it can be tentatively labeled as "INAMO." Again, I'm not an expert, but at least that's what it looks like to me ![]() |
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Hi Xas,
Thanks for that link. Perfectly OK to link to information sites like museums. It makes sense that many of these figural hilts are based on local insects or mythical figures/creatures. It is encouraging to see museums around the country take more interest in edged weapons and the ethnographic significance of their designs. This seems to be an emerging area of scholarship. Regards, Ian. |
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