Ivory hilted barong with dragon theme

RSWORD · 19th February 2005, 03:37 PM

When I was flipping through this art museum booklet looking for pictures of another item, I ran across a very interesting Barong and thought I would share the picture. It is an ivory hilted Barong with a detailed dragon carved into it.
Too bad this one is not in any of our collections.

tom hyle · 19th February 2005, 05:04 PM

Nice. Would this be a piece by/for an ethnic Chinese in Moroland? I saw these two gate-dragons in an African art store, and they looked very Chinese to me, too though, but on close examination the work looked African....

Conogre · 19th February 2005, 06:48 PM

Superb...I've been interested in dragons for well over 40 years, and surprisingly, they are found in almost every culture, even those with nothing vaguely similar existing/ known to have existed within boundries known to have been explored, similar to the were-animal myth.
As to owning a sword like this? Whew!!!
A friend even custom made a spear for me with a dragon for the blade scabbard, which is beautiful but can't compare to this in artistry!**grin/wink**
Mike

19th February 2005, 03:37 PM	#1
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,084	Ivory hilted barong with dragon theme When I was flipping through this art museum booklet looking for pictures of another item, I ran across a very interesting Barong and thought I would share the picture. It is an ivory hilted Barong with a detailed dragon carved into it. Too bad this one is not in any of our collections. Attached Images

19th February 2005, 05:04 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Nice. Would this be a piece by/for an ethnic Chinese in Moroland? I saw these two gate-dragons in an African art store, and they looked very Chinese to me, too though, but on close examination the work looked African....

19th February 2005, 06:48 PM	#3
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	Superb...I've been interested in dragons for well over 40 years, and surprisingly, they are found in almost every culture, even those with nothing vaguely similar existing/ known to have existed within boundries known to have been explored, similar to the were-animal myth. As to owning a sword like this? Whew!!! A friend even custom made a spear for me with a dragon for the blade scabbard, which is beautiful but can't compare to this in artistry!grin/wink Mike