RARE BORNEO SWORD IS IT AN PARANG NIABOR ???

asomotif · 12th October 2007, 09:30 AM

Ben,

Are you making any progress with your time travel machine

I am living in the year 2007. If the mandau is from before 1800's all we will have are stories or assumptions.

Even if another collector would have an almost identical sword of approximate age his information on that sword would either be stories or assumptions.

VVV · 12th October 2007, 10:27 AM

Thanks Arjan for sharing this info and thanks Ben for sharing the pictures of this rare parang.
For me there is a big difference of "stories" and notes from when and where it was collected and brought to the museum.
It's a pity that so many interesting collections are hidden in the museum depots and that they don't at least invest in picture databases when they don't have room to exhibit their collections.

Michael

12th October 2007, 09:30 AM	#1
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	Time travel machine ? Ben, Are you making any progress with your time travel machine I am living in the year 2007. If the mandau is from before 1800's all we will have are stories or assumptions. Even if another collector would have an almost identical sword of approximate age his information on that sword would either be stories or assumptions.

12th October 2007, 10:27 AM	#2
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Thanks Arjan for sharing this info and thanks Ben for sharing the pictures of this rare parang. For me there is a big difference of "stories" and notes from when and where it was collected and brought to the museum. It's a pity that so many interesting collections are hidden in the museum depots and that they don't at least invest in picture databases when they don't have room to exhibit their collections. Michael