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25th September 2025, 05:19 PM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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I think Jeff and Sajen have identified this correctly as a Maranao keping. The style of kakatua pommel suggests early 20th C manufacture. It would certainly benefit from cleaning the blade and hilt. The scabbard shows some nice okir work.
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26th September 2025, 07:56 PM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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On further thought...
Looking at the blade, I believe that its maximum width is closer to the hilt than the tip. If that is the case, then this might well be a Sulu barung blade that has been remounted in a Maranao style. The overall shape of the scabbard is also consistent with a Sulu barung scabbard but the looped belt keeper is a later add on. However, I think that the okir carving at the throat is probably Maranao.
In its present form and dress it is clearly a Maranao weapon. I would just add a qualifier that the blade could be Sulu. |
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29th September 2025, 04:17 AM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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The okir looks Maranao to me.
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