Wooden Igorot shield

[Pieje]

Also a nice shield...compared to mine it seems to have a different patina/colour and a double, differently woven rattenband.
Nice blade next to it...

I noticed that the wood surrounding the lower cut out of my shield is slightly more used...a head or neck would fit perfectly

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Pieje

Also a nice shield...compared to mine it seems to have a different patina/colour and a double, differently woven rattenband.
Nice blade next to it...

I noticed that the wood surrounding the lower cut out of my shield is slightly more used...a head or neck would fit perfectly

Thank you Pieje,

i think that my one is a real Bontoc shield, so a little bit different. Which blade you mean, left or right?

Here a picture of a Bontoc warrior with shield, axe and spear.

Regards,

Detlef

[Indianajones]

Hi Sajen n Pieje,
Sajen your shield is (indeed) a typical Bontoc shield. Pieje, your shield would to my opinion be South Kalinga.
Here are some (older) pics of my N. Philippine collection; first the Bontoc 'department', second the (North) Kalinga 'department'.

I think Pieje means the piece of blade visible from your Kalinga headaxe )right side), not Pieje?

[Sajen]

This one is to seen in this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=kalinga

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Indianajones

Hi Sajen n Pieje,
Sajen your shield is (indeed) a typical Bontoc shield. Pieje, your shield would to my opinion be South Kalinga.
Here are some (older) pics of my N. Philippine collection; first the Bontoc 'department', second the (North) Kalinga 'department'.

I think Pieje means the piece of blade visible from your Kalinga headaxe )right side), not Pieje?

The scratches on the shield on the right side by your Bontoc display are from making fire, correct?

Regards,

Detlef

[Pieje]

Yes I meant the axe on the right. I'll may buy a headaxe if I ever come across one.

Likely South Kalinga, ok. Thanks.

Very nice collection you guys have!

[Indianajones]

Sajen; those 'bare areas' on the right shield are, like Pieje's one on the side from hitting the shield with a stick by warriors before or after going on warpath. They wood use the shield as a drum together with the sound of gansa's (gongs) and wild cries to tune up the excitement!

Sometimes the warriors would also walk in a line behind eachother (on their way to other villages for gathering more crowd for the war against the enemy(village)).

See the difference between the quite more rudely shaped Bontoc shields in contrast to the South Kalinga shields which have a more distinctive outline (with the outmost elegant outline made by the North Kalinga).

>>included another pic of some Bontocs with shield on their village 'ato' or square. See also the spots on this shield. Note; when heads where brought back they would be burried under the pavement of such ato's!

[Sajen]

Thank's!!