A friend's newly acquired kris for comment

[Ian]

Craig:

Thanks for the confirmation. I bought both of these from the same dealer in Ermita, Manila. He was confident the first one was Bagobo based on information from his source in Davao City. The second one he thought was T'boli based on having seen a similar one, but he thought that it might also have been B'laan. Seems as though he came to the same conclusions on these two.

Ian.

Originally Posted by Marbel

Hello Ian,

Very nice pieces. Thanks as always for sharing.

The patterns and characteristics of the small ikat wrappings on the first scabbard are a bit hard to decipher, but the embroidered area on the handle would make me lean toward Bagobo. Nice intricate detail that on another piece might be attributed to the Blaan.

The ikat on the second piece is decidedly Tboli.

All the best,
Craig