MORO KRIS WITH ODD POMMEL

Battara · 21st November 2013, 01:03 AM

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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.

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VANDOO · 21st November 2013, 08:31 PM

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 · 22nd November 2013, 01:30 AM

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.

21st November 2013, 08:31 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	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?

22nd November 2013, 01:30 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	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.