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Albert · 29th January 2006, 09:15 PM

I found four swords of this type in the Juynboll catalogue of the Leiden musem. Inventory numbers 761-40, 41, 154, 158. All these swords are collected before 1890.
The catalogue does not give much information. The swords are described, but "a picture (as posted on this forum) says more than a thousand words".
As names are given: pedang jenawi, pedang jenawi besar (big) and pedang jenawi kecil (small). The provenance is Negara, south-east Borneo. One of the swords has brass Arabic digits incrusted into the blade.

29th January 2006, 09:15 PM	#11
Albert Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 200	I found four swords of this type in the Juynboll catalogue of the Leiden musem. Inventory numbers 761-40, 41, 154, 158. All these swords are collected before 1890. The catalogue does not give much information. The swords are described, but "a picture (as posted on this forum) says more than a thousand words". As names are given: pedang jenawi, pedang jenawi besar (big) and pedang jenawi kecil (small). The provenance is Negara, south-east Borneo. One of the swords has brass Arabic digits incrusted into the blade.