Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2021, 12:26 PM
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I visited southern Mindanao, Zamboanga, and...
I visited southern Mindanao, Zamboanga, and Basilan in the late 1990s. I was accompanied by locals and only went where I was told I could go safely. Westerners were being kidnapped at that time and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2021, 12:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2021, 10:22 AM
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Wayne, I think you will find that Pershing was...
Wayne, I think you will find that Pershing was involved mainly with incidents on Mindanao, and specifically in the area around Lake Lanao occupied by the Maranao groups. His activities were over a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2021, 10:44 PM
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Gunar,
Rick has pointed to the historical...
Gunar,
Rick has pointed to the historical connection between the US and the Philippines. The US had a lot of trouble with the Moros in the southern parts of the country after "inheriting"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 02:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th July 2021, 05:42 AM
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Indio_Ira,
I think your blade is of Sulu...
Indio_Ira,
I think your blade is of Sulu manufacture but the dress is distinctly Maranao in the style of silverwork on the hilt and the composition of the scabbard. The Sulu origin of the blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2021, 12:39 AM
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Xas,
You are accumulating quite a...
Xas,
You are accumulating quite a collection of barung! I'm pleased you like the shandigan blade. As you say, it is quite a beast and longer than most shandigan. Look forward to hearing how it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2021, 05:58 PM
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Pindang,
Wow. What a lovely selection of...
Pindang,
Wow. What a lovely selection of older barung! You said "a few" of your barung. Do you have more of these beauties?
By any chance, do you have pictures of them on a white or lighter...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2021, 08:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2021, 10:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2021, 10:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2021, 10:02 PM
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