old style barung! Borneo?

Battara · 4th January 2011, 03:49 AM

Kino that little barong you have is the first of it's type that I have seen that has a silver ferrule (below the horn punto). Vitamin E? - never thought of that.

Also I think that Ibeam and Cecil Quirino would call the larger barong in the picture a sipput barong. My understanding is that these are not as wide and perhaps longer than the average barong.

Maurice · 5th January 2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Kino that little barong you have is the first of it's type that I have seen that has a silver ferrule (below the horn punto).

I have found the one, I was sure I had seen somewhere, with a silver ferrule below the horn punto, after a quick search.
This one is from the museum Leiden database.

Maurice

Battara · 5th January 2011, 06:30 PM

Thanks Maurice - great example.

asomotif · 5th January 2011, 07:12 PM

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taken some preventative measures by applying Vitamin E to it

Is this serious ? what does vitamin E do to a dead piece of horn ?

kino · 6th January 2011, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Also I think that Ibeam and Cecil Quirino would call the larger barong in the picture a sipput barong. My understanding is that these are not as wide and perhaps longer than the average barong.

Battara, I'm not sure if the longer one is considered a Barung. The hilt is not your typical Barung hilt. Any thoughts?

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Originally Posted by asomotif

Is this serious ? what does vitamin E do to a dead piece of horn ?

Relax dude.... It what was available at the moment, my wife was moisturizing her nails and cuticles with Vit.E . Wow ...just think, I almost used Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails

asomotif · 6th January 2011, 07:49 PM

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It what was available at the moment, my wife was moisturizing her nails and cuticles with Vit.E .

Pfewwww. you got me scared there

Battara · 7th January 2011, 01:26 AM

Hi Kino,

Well it is possible it might not be a barong. At the same time, sipput barong blades are similar to your piece in question.

Here are some examples of 2 sipput barong (the second one I sold to Ibeam years ago):

7th January 2011, 01:26 AM	#7
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,282	Hi Kino, Well it is possible it might not be a barong. At the same time, sipput barong blades are similar to your piece in question. Here are some examples of 2 sipput barong (the second one I sold to Ibeam years ago): Attached Images

4th January 2011, 03:49 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,282	Kino that little barong you have is the first of it's type that I have seen that has a silver ferrule (below the horn punto). Vitamin E? - never thought of that. Also I think that Ibeam and Cecil Quirino would call the larger barong in the picture a sipput barong. My understanding is that these are not as wide and perhaps longer than the average barong.

5th January 2011, 06:30 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,282	Thanks Maurice - great example.