Badek or Badik from Celebes open for discussion

[Gustav]

La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.

In older times they were often written together:
La Galigo - Lagaligo

It is quite possible this Badik was a heirloom.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Gustav

La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.

Hello Gustav,

very interesting! Do you have a source for this statemen?

Regards,
Detlef

[kai]

Hello Gustav,

La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.

Yes, seems to be a fairly common name. Might point to the owner as well as to the badik. However, I don't think it was an established practise to write a name onto a badik scabbard. Maybe done by or for a collector?

It is quite possible this Badik was a heirloom.

A genuine badik with status dress will almost certainly be a family heirloom if made for an orang Bugis/Makassar/etc.

Regards,
Kai

[La Pagaru]

how are you all,
I finally found one of my favorite taradisional weapons, this badik called badik luwu, has the pamor that we call him is pamor kuriisi, this is one very good bugis badik

Best regrads
LP

[La Pagaru]

[QUOTE=Gustav]La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.

In older times they were often written together:
La Galigo - Lagaligo

It is quite possible this Badik was a heirloom.[/QUOTE


Hell
]the writing on it may be written La Bello (the beautiful) or La Melo (who follow the will) I do not know, is it the owner's name or the name of the badik itself, because the bugis people often give the nickname to their weapon, because they say the weapon is brothers brand,