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Originally Posted by xasterix
Hi Detlef, sorry for having to chime in to correct...it's not the bakunawa. There are actually specific terms for each figural type; while the bakunawa is sometimes represented, the non-reptile looking ones have their own names in the Hiligaynon tongue. I'm not privy to these types, but I believe they are discussed in some recent publications. They are ancestral figurals.
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Hi Xas,
Yes, of course you are correct.
By closer look it's not the typical bakunawa. Bangkaya has written once:
Generally, Ilonggo swords have greater lattitude in their carvings of figural pommels than the other regions of Panay. Some may carve their pommels in a more traditional manner or more abstract interpretation of "bakunawa." And then you have other figural depictions such as a true bakunawa or even other demons and deities of Filipino mythology, which is why I use the term anito.
So it's better described as anito. Here the thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=tenegre
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Originally Posted by xasterix
Not claiming to be a talibong or tenegre expert, but based on my limited experience I'd place that closer to pre-WW2 than 1900.
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I was unsure, the pommel look much younger than blade and scabbard. And again, the laminated blade let become me unsure.
But I can live with the first quarter 20th century well.
Regards,
Detlef