MORO KRIS WITH ODD POMMEL

[Spunjer]

Originally Posted by Battara

I have seen tulip forms before and the kris pommel in question seems very crude and unfinished, as if the final form was an after thought.

Perhaps close ups might answer many questions.

There is another possibility: this had a tulip or conical metal head head that came off and what we see is the base upon which it sat.......

jose, that was the gist of my last post . in that the kris vandoo posted has a metal cap similar to the kris i posted...

[Spunjer]

here are more detailed pictures of the cap:

[Battara]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

jose, that was the gist of my last post . in that the kris vandoo posted has a metal cap similar to the kris i posted...

Ah.......I see..... (said the blind man as he picked up his table and saw. )

[VANDOO]

THAT CAP ALSO EXPLAINS THE POORLY CARVED UNFINISHED LOOK OF THE WOOD NO NEED TO DO MUCH TO IT AS THE CAP WOULD COVER ALL. EVIDENTLY THE OWNER WAS NOT EMBARASED BY GOING WITHOUT A CAP AS IT IS HEAVILY PATANATED AND WORN TO WHERE IN MY LARGER PICTURE IT APPEARED TO BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN WOOD. MYSTERY SOLVED
WHICH GROUP MAKES THIS FORM AND WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE TIME PERIOD IF KNOWN?

[Battara]

From what I can tell from the blade and scabbard, the first example appears to be Maranao. The second seems to be Maguindanao. This would point to a Mindanao characteristic, but the size of examples is small so far, so my analysis comes with a great caveat.