Indonesian sword ID request - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

26th March 2023, 06:05 PM

kai

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As for the name, that has to be taken with a large pinch of salt and Portugis may have simple meant " foreign" within this context.

This would be my guess, too, since the Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in the archipelago.

Regards,
Kai

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