27th December 2018, 09:22 AM | #1 |
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Batak Sword - metal handle - More info?
Though I have slown (slowed down) collecting, but was walking through a flea market and saw this Batak sword in a pile of junk. The seller offered a very low price and I took it home with me.
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27th December 2018, 09:21 PM | #2 |
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Not my cup of tea, but both are undeniably very pretty.
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28th December 2018, 01:21 AM | #3 |
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Very nice...pretty enough to be your new avatar.
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4th January 2019, 01:34 PM | #5 |
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Hello Bill,
It's a kalasan from the Toba Bataks. Regards, Detlef |
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Thank you Detlef. It is good to put a name to it! It seems quite authentic. Your opinion? |
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4th January 2019, 11:36 PM | #7 |
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Hello Bill,
Blade stats would be great! As in the companion thread I'd agree with this being clearly Toba style while steering away from calling it a kalasan. If we go with the common collectors' terminology, I'd tend toward tagging this as a rather longish piso ni datu even if this stretches things a bit. Age is tough to impossible to assess from pics. If pressed for a guesstimate, I'd tend towards the first half of 20th c. (or later). Regards, Kai |
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Hello Bill,
I just saw that we crossed posts. Quote:
BTW, for a piece with resembling motifs cp. Fig. viii.16 in Sibeth & Carpenter (2007). Regards, Kai |
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Regards, Detlef |
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5th January 2019, 12:38 PM | #10 |
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very nice
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yes agree with you that it isn't correct to call it kalasan, piso ni datu would be a better description. Regards, Detlef |
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6th January 2019, 01:07 PM | #12 |
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What is the material covering the scabbard...tar/paint/resin of some sort? I am surprised it also extends to the fittings.
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