Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2025, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 45
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Is this a pending sale?
Hello Patterson25.
Thank you for posting this interesting sword. As Francantolin has queried whether this item is in your possession, I must ask you to confirm that you own this item. If it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2025, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19,638
Hello rickdeckard,
Welcome to the...
Hello rickdeckard,
Welcome to the Ethnographic Forum. You are on the right track regarding your machete. This form, and a number of similar examples, have been referred to as Chindit machetes. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2025, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,436
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2025, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,436
Welcome and please read the Rules for this Forum
Hello Sully Atooly.
Welcome to the Ethnographic Forum. Yemeni jambiya have been a subject of discussion here in the past, and there is already a large thread on this subject. I hope you can add to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2025, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25,651
Hi Yves,
There are several anomalies on this...
Hi Yves,
There are several anomalies on this piece that lead me to think it may not be a Moro piece. The blade may have been made by a Moro panday but the ensemble does not look Moro to me.
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2025, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25,651
Hi Yves,
There are several anomalies on this...
Hi Yves,
There are several anomalies on this exsample that lead me to think it may not be a Moro piece. The blade may have been made by a Moro panday but the ensemble does not look Moro to me.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2025, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 42,449
Hi Alan,
I had considered using one of the...
Hi Alan,
I had considered using one of the private carriers (Fedex, UPS, DHL), but the cost of sending even a small package to or from the US with any of them is prohibitive for the purchaser, and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2025, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 42,449
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2025, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 26,931
A Himalayan origin (or thereabouts) might be...
A Himalayan origin (or thereabouts) might be revealed by cleaning and etching the laminated blade. A "hairpin" pattern would be fairly conclusive, if present. The scabbard might also be a mismatch.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2025, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 28,265
On further thought...
Looking at the blade, I believe that its maximum width is closer to the hilt than the tip. If that is the case, then this might well be a Sulu barung blade that has been remounted in a Maranao...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2025, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 19,945
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2025, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 28,265
I think Jeff and Sajen have identified this...
I think Jeff and Sajen have identified this correctly as a Maranao keping. The style of kakatua pommel suggests early 20th C manufacture. It would certainly benefit from cleaning the blade and hilt....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2025, 04:08 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 27,628
ausjulius is correct about these being throwing...
ausjulius is correct about these being throwing sticks primarily. They could conceivably have been used as clubs, but (as I have noted here before) indigenous Austrailan clubs are actually uncommon...
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Forum: Swap Forum
24th September 2025, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 39,519
This thread properly belongs in Swap and I am...
This thread properly belongs in Swap and I am moving it there. Reviews of this book are permitted in the Ethno Forum but not links to the sale site (although such information is very useful of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2025, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,070
Xas, one way to overcome the "bite" of a...
Xas, one way to overcome the "bite" of a wire-wrapped grip is to use a glove on the sword hand. Do you know whether such gloves were used during Spanish Colonial times. It seems to have been mainly a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2025, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 39,527
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2025, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,070
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2025, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 23,157
I think this is most likely a relatively recent...
I think this is most likely a relatively recent Sulu (Tausug?) barung and sheath. I'm not seeing anything specifically Mindanao. Perhaps dating as early as the 1980s but probably more recent judging...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2025, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 50,241
Hi Detlef.
A separate gangya occurred on...
Hi Detlef.
A separate gangya occurred on some Moro kris blades made in the second half of the 20th C, and even on blades made today by traditional panday. Malayan blades still preserve a separate...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2025, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 43,904
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2025, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 50,241
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2025, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 33,976
Tim,
I have many such items from SE Asia...
Tim,
I have many such items from SE Asia that were collected decades ago, before the current emphasis on the ivory trade. Many of my items are 19th C, but not worth the exorbitant costs of getting...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2025, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 43,904
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2025, 06:03 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 50,241
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2025, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 46,563
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