Batak sword - bone handle

Sajen · 5th January 2019, 01:09 PM

Hello Kai,

yes, you are correct and I am aware about this so I extra write in my post "when we want to follow Volz".
But frankly said sounds halasan very similar to kalasan, it may be just the different dialect/language between this both Batak groups or the different understanding/translation from Volz and van der Tuuk. It just would be good to know the exact translation of kalasan/halasan.

But agree with you for sure that halasan would be a better denotation that expert collectors understand direct about what we speak.

Regards,
Detlef

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5th January 2019, 01:09 PM	#7
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,473	Hello Kai, yes, you are correct and I am aware about this so I extra write in my post "when we want to follow Volz". But frankly said sounds halasan very similar to kalasan, it may be just the different dialect/language between this both Batak groups or the different understanding/translation from Volz and van der Tuuk. It just would be good to know the exact translation of kalasan/halasan. But agree with you for sure that halasan would be a better denotation that expert collectors understand direct about what we speak. Regards, Detlef