12th September 2006, 02:21 AM | #1 |
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Small Moro Knife For Comment
I picked this up from the another forum member does anyone know what it is called and it's use?
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12th September 2006, 02:40 AM | #2 |
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Probably a Bagobo sangngi
Hi Lou:
Both the T'boli and Bagobo tribes of Mindanao use knives of this shape and the scabbards are similar. Mostly these are work knives or "women's knives." There is a picture of a very similar knife to yours in the booklet, Tagabawa Bagobo, by Sonia Mangune (p. 39). The caption reads "SANGNGI Bagobo Knife." Krieger's Plate 13 (no. 3) has another example labeled as a woman's knife, Bagobo. See here: http://www.vikingsword.com/rila/krieger.html Ian |
12th September 2006, 02:42 AM | #3 |
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That's really pretty Lew. I don't know for sure, but from the looks of it i might guess that it is for agricultural use, perhaps for harvesting herbs or cutting rattan, something like that.
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18th September 2006, 08:41 PM | #4 |
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Where's it sharp? It looks like a rattan-splitting knife.
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20th September 2006, 02:47 PM | #6 |
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That's a neat knife. Beautiful wood. I've seen a few on Ebay. Is it worn around the neck?
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20th September 2006, 04:55 PM | #7 |
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Like Ian said, it is a utility knife. Don't know why some say "woman's knife", I have seen pictures of Bagobo men wearing these too.
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Also small african knives are usually attributed to women. I don't know, but maybe because there is the belief that the smaller knives are "more appropriated" for women more than for men, but probably it's wrong |
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20th September 2006, 05:11 PM | #9 |
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Macho collector say so. Especially when they do not have one.
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20th September 2006, 05:29 PM | #10 |
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I think the "woman's knife" attribution may be more a Western perception for knives that are for utility purposes and used by both men and women, as distinct from knives that would be considered mainly as weapons and used mainly by men.
In the southern areas of the Philippines, and perhaps elsewhere as well, women also carried weapons and knew how to use them in defence of their homes and people. So in that regard, a "woman's knife" is not necessarily a derogatory or dismissive term within the original culture. Ian. |
20th September 2006, 11:59 PM | #11 |
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I've also seen the spelling variant "Sangi" for this knife - seems also to be in use by the Bilaan tribe.
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