Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2007, 05:35 PM
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Hi Ben,
I think the parang negara is around...
Hi Ben,
I think the parang negara is around 1900, the mandau types about 30 years earlier but its only a quess of course.
I must have a picture somewhere from an old book where the negara mandaus...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2007, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 30
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Hi Michael,
maybe but I think that the one...
Hi Michael,
maybe but I think that the one below is a more rare type....
I have also the idea,but its only an idea that yours and the one below are older than the "classic" Parang Negara on top....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2007, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2007, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 39,096
Hi Michael,
There are some variations on...
Hi Michael,
There are some variations on this mandau, but mostly the hilt has that remarkable leaflike motif what mostly painted red.
Blades mostly has "bloodgrooves" but one of my "mandau's" has...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2007, 07:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd October 2007, 03:15 AM
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Here he comes........
Ben, did the original...
Here he comes........
Ben, did the original also have that strange knife attachment on the beginning of the blade in stead of the more usuall krowit? ( hooks)
It shows more to be a kind of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2007, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 4
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Hi Albert,
thanks I see indeed some...
Hi Albert,
thanks I see indeed some similarity in those hilts.
But at the other point, should there not be a loss of patina when the piece was broken off? And what doesn't seem Javanese too me is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2007, 08:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2007, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 4
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What's this Borneo,celebes,java or Timor.
Hi,
I also discussed the piece " backstage" but we can find out wher its from.
I had the opionion that it maybe came from Banjar(Borneo) but also Celebes is mentioned.
The swords is 52 cm...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2007, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 39
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Hi Ben,
However I still think its collected...
Hi Ben,
However I still think its collected by the missionaries , indeed it's possible that someone else brougth it in.Maybe I was indeed to early with my conclusion.But that doesn't take away...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2007, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 39
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Hi Ben,
I really like it that you listed...
Hi Ben,
I really like it that you listed such info as shown here ,thanks for that.
But I don't think our english readers can do a lot with it.
For me there are also questions rising, course the...
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Forum: Swap Forum
19th October 2007, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 1
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Nias swords,celebes swords and pandat article
Hi everyone,
I just updated my site and besides some nice swords, I also listed 3 new free to download articles.
1. Weapons of Nias by Modigliani.
2. The weapons of Celebes by Walter Kaudern...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2007, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,160
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2007, 07:33 AM
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Hi Jim,
Maybe the reason of the year 1768 on...
Hi Jim,
Maybe the reason of the year 1768 on the blades is that in these years the Khanda of Ceylon was in war with the VOC. Its also known that later in these war the Ceylonese where stronger....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2007, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 19
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Sorry Ben but this behavior goes really too far...
Sorry Ben but this behavior goes really too far in my opinion.
It seems that you can't act on this forum without getting too personal.
My pencil is sharper than my swords my reading is better than...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2007, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 39
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Hi Ben,
I think your coming close to getting...
Hi Ben,
I think your coming close to getting personal.
This is a forum an we should talk about swords ,our common interest.
It should be nice if we let eachother free in our interpretations....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2007, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 39,967
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2007, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 39,967
Ok that at least explains something.
But if...
Ok that at least explains something.
But if you are there please ask the curator for that little booklet what I found there. its a description of many items from Tilburg also the swords.
In it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2007, 08:06 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th October 2007, 02:24 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th October 2007, 10:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th October 2007, 08:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th October 2007, 06:59 AM
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You made a mistake, the sword is not from the...
You made a mistake, the sword is not from the collection of Beijens.
Its indeed collected by the missionares ,also the curator assured me and the tag proves that it comes from the collection of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2007, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 19
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"regular" VOC sword or ethnograpical object?
Was a little suprised when I got this sword this week.
According to the seller it came probably from Indonesia.
The blade seems to have old VOC marks.only the last numbers are a little visable and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2007, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 39
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