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20th August 2007, 03:10 PM
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I would suggest that "Jenawi" is just another transliteration of the word used to define straight Moroccan swords: Jenawi, genoui etc, etc
It all means "Genoese" and referred to straight blades ( European, mostly) vs. curved "Oriental" ones. I guess this word might have been brought to SE Asia by the Arab traders and just stayed there. |
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20th August 2007, 03:58 PM
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Ariel,
That sounds probable as south of Borneo had a lot of visits from Arab traders and this sword was used by the Muslim Malays, not the Dayaks. Michael |
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20th August 2007, 10:14 PM
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Hi Michael an nice hard to get piece
And you are correct the muslim people are settled in bandjamasin and also the Chinese influence in the sword that was never Used by the Dayaks same as in the big coast place s from sarawak where they also settled for trading etc. Ben |
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