Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2011, 10:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2011, 04:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2011, 09:21 AM
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HI Dimitry,
That's turning the history...
HI Dimitry,
That's turning the history upside down a little as the parang nabur design was inspired by european sword/sabre models.
I doubt however if in 1740 the parang nabur already existed....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st March 2011, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2011, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
25th March 2011, 06:40 PM
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I also accept now USA dollars and GBP (both without paypal) as currency besides the euro.So for UK and USA collectors it isn't needed to convert GBP or dollars into euro's.
As I notiched that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 08:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 11:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 09:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2011, 10:34 PM
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Since some years I use a homemade mix of Damar...
Since some years I use a homemade mix of Damar and a kind of tar what I melt out of easyband ( mastic product to fix the roof)
its looks very much like the putty like they use to fix mandau handles...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2011, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 32
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Hi Gene,
that looks much better now ! One...
Hi Gene,
that looks much better now ! One more question , did you also reshape the long sides or only the short ones ? ( it looks if you only did the short sides but its difficult to see)
I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2011, 08:48 PM
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Hi Gene,
my compliment on the work, I know...
Hi Gene,
my compliment on the work, I know how its smells ( mostly my wife and kids are not enthousiastic when I do such restores :D )
about the shape ,take a good look at the pictures of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2011, 06:42 AM
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In overall shape there's seems to be a relation...
In overall shape there's seems to be a relation between the Naga sword and the Borneo pandat.
In use the Nagasword is for me,( I just exercised with it) the most ergonomic type. It wouldn't suprise...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2011, 09:49 PM
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Hi Jose,
I really like to see your...
Hi Jose,
I really like to see your restorework especially in silver ( I hope to reach that level once )
on the hair for this kamp I should prefer to let the piece without.
there nothing wrong...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2011, 05:17 PM
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who doesn't like 45.000 presents ?
Hi all,
We all just got 45.000 presents from the Royal Tropical Institute. :) :) :) :)
they added 45.000 images to Wikipedia commons what means that the images are free to copy and use as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2011, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 35
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Hi,
here some examples of our national...
Hi,
here some examples of our national museums.
The size of the first one ( Tropenmuseum ) is sadly not mentioned
the descriptions give the places "Banten" and "West Java."
I'm curious...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2011, 07:33 PM
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Hi Willem,
I just found the matching...
Hi Willem,
I just found the matching description in the archives of "Beeld en Geluid"
The camerawork is done by mr. Ochse for Polygoon.
The visited the archipelago in 1925-1928.
The village is...
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Forum: Swap Forum
14th February 2011, 04:50 PM
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Hi All,
February will be a very nice month for the vistors of my site.
very nice and scarce stuff will soon come in ( some already listed)
some with remarkable provenance.
however normally...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2011, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 5
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Nias 100 years ago
Hi,
for all those who are interested in tribal war dances, etc.
I found that someone ( not me) listed the movie Mother Dao on You Tube
The most impressive for me where the shots about Nias...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2011, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2011, 11:04 AM
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if it was my sword I should remove the ball...
if it was my sword I should remove the ball completely or remove the wooden tusks ( carefully ) and try to hunt for some real tusks on ebay or so.
wooden tusks wheren't used on Nias, the reason...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2011, 10:39 PM
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Hi Henry,
Your balato looks to me as a post...
Hi Henry,
Your balato looks to me as a post WW2 piece but seems to be good carved with some style variations typical for that time.
I think its a piece from the 70's or so with less patina and...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th January 2011, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 24
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Hi Detlef,
it was certainly not mentioned as...
Hi Detlef,
it was certainly not mentioned as "attack" so sorry, if it felt like that.
what I only "attacked" was the statement "you can't clean real patina" but this is already answered by...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th January 2011, 07:15 PM
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real patina you can't clean ? AAHummm? ...
real patina you can't clean ? AAHummm? :confused:
may I give an example ? our national museum "Bronbeek" where I once visited the depots where the curator showed me a big part of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2011, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 11
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I totally agree with the treatment, for the...
I totally agree with the treatment, for the origin I think more to the north
not south east. The carving is however based on the model what we call generally a Modang ( Kutai area) but the way of...
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