old style barung! Borneo?

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha

Hi Maurice,

I'm a little late to the game here, but the shape/proportions of your barong remind me of one I acquired in August that was one of four Moro blades acquired by a U.S. officer following action on Mindanao in 1900. It too had a horn sleeve/ferule, though I can't really compare its length as it is obscured by the chord wrapping:

Thanks for posting yours as comparison. It could be yakan? But I'm not that experienced in barungs to be sure about it and maybe others can tell you more about it. However the cacatua pommel is not clearly yakan style to me..??
Can you see somewhere a sign where a possibly "thickening" in the chord wrapping stops, to nose out the length of the horn sleeve?

Maurice

[CharlesS]

I am removing my pics from this thread to start a new thread regarding what I believe to be a Yakan barong.

[kai]

I am removing my pics from this thread to start a new thread regarding what I believe to be a Yakan barong.

Hello Charles,

I don't think it is a good idea to remove pics from a thread since this makes tracing the original discussion difficult or even impossible. If there is any new information later on, just add it to the thread possibly with a link or two. Just my 2 cents though...

Regards,
Kai