Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th July 2005, 01:40 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2005, 03:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2005, 01:30 AM
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Prior to continuing with comments relevant to...
Prior to continuing with comments relevant to this thread, I wish to make it known that ten years ago today, on Sabtu Wage, 28 Juli 1995, Bapak Suparman KRT. Supowijoyo, known as Empu Suparman,...
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Forum: Swap Forum
27th July 2005, 11:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2005, 04:24 AM
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I feel it is rather difficult to be able to...
I feel it is rather difficult to be able to attach any certainty to the tangguh or classification of any keris blade based upon what can be seen in a photograph.
All one can see in a photo is an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2005, 01:54 PM
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Oh yes, something else that I almost forgot to...
Oh yes, something else that I almost forgot to mention, but first, to all those who may read this and who will undoubtedly be bored senseless by discussion of language in a Forum supposedly devoted...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2005, 03:28 AM
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KIAI yth
Yes, the distinction in terminology...
KIAI yth
Yes, the distinction in terminology could be between usage of a term in a village environment, and usage in a town. As you remark, there is little need for a bendho in a town, but we don`t...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2005, 01:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2005, 11:39 AM
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Attention Moderators
In the post of 27th....
Attention Moderators
In the post of 27th. June, by Kiai Carita, the quote panel holds both my previous post, and additional remarks interspersed with my remarks.
Could you please clarify if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2005, 03:45 AM
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Thank you for your response, Wolviex.
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Thank you for your response, Wolviex.
Regretably I do not understand the language in which the references are written. Perhaps somebody with knowledge of this language could track down the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2005, 03:20 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2005, 04:45 AM
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The variation in names of things from place to...
The variation in names of things from place to place in Java is very confusing sometimes, this was precisely what I was trying to clarify with my questions to Kiai Carita. I really only know Java,and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2005, 02:45 AM
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Ian, in my area we would never call this a...
Ian, in my area we would never call this a bendho, we would call it a golok. For us, a tool must have a recurved blade to be a bedho.
Incidentally, I keep referring to these things as "tools",...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2005, 02:38 AM
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Kiai yth
I wonder if you could help me with...
Kiai yth
I wonder if you could help me with something.
You tell us that the agricultural tool with a recurved tip, and known as a bendho around Jogja is never called this east of Solo .
Now,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2005, 06:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2005, 05:22 AM
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Andrew
In response to your enquiry.
I...
Andrew
In response to your enquiry.
I regularly attend meetings involving both business matters and political matters.
The people who attend these meetings, are in the case of the business...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2005, 03:16 AM
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TUAN CD
Thank you for your apology. It is...
TUAN CD
Thank you for your apology. It is unnecessary, as even though I did consider that I had been misquoted, I have at no time taken offence at anything you have written. I understand that you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2005, 03:33 AM
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Thank you for your response, Tim.
I regret...
Thank you for your response, Tim.
I regret that you found my writing style excessively and unpleasantly forceful, most especially so as I am keenly aware of the sometimes quite distasteful remarks...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2005, 12:38 PM
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Tim:-
since your post of 4.44pm directly...
Tim:-
since your post of 4.44pm directly follows my post of 11.57am I am assuming that your comment:-
"Thats better, thanks, Tim"
is directed at me.
Would you be so kind as to explain...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2005, 03:57 AM
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Interesting.
But I think that in essence we...
Interesting.
But I think that in essence we have no advance in our understanding. Simply because several authors say the same thing, does not make that thing correct.There is a tendency, even in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2005, 07:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2005, 01:30 AM
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Devi, "The Goddess", or Maha Devi, "The Great...
Devi, "The Goddess", or Maha Devi, "The Great Goddess" ,is the wife of the god Siva, and daughter of Himavat, Himavat being the Himalaya Mountains.
Devi has many personifications, far too many to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2005, 01:36 AM
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The major investigation of the keris:nickel...
The major investigation of the keris:nickel relationship was carried out by Bennet Bronson. The results of this investigation were published in the scientific journal "Historical Metallurgy" Vol.21,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 03:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 12:58 AM
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When we attempt the study of any culture, we...
When we attempt the study of any culture, we should recognise that what we discover about that culture is dependent upon a number of factors. The knowledge gained of the culture depends upon the...
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