Philippines Ethnographic Weapons Museum

Spunjer · 7th December 2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nonoy Tan

It is apparent this forum has a significant number of Philippine ethnographic weapon enthusiasts, not to mention expertise. There are lots of talented people in this forum, sharing a common interest in preserving artifacts of history and culture.

It is also apparent that the diversity in form of Philippine ethnograhic weapons is wide - enough to sustain interest. The volume of available specimens is also huge - enough to fill a medium sized museum.

Just thinking out loud ... maybe it is time to ponder on the idea of putting up a museum in the Philippines, that is dedicated to ethnographic weaponry - with expertise largely coming from Forum members.

I would like to solilcit the opinion of Forum members on this idea.

nonoy,
i believe this is an excellent idea! the sustainability will indeed be the primary issue, for i really hope that these heirlooms will hopefully remain with us for generations to come. perhaps, an exhibit dedicated to this weapons for a couple months similar to, or perhaps, as an addendum to the current War and Dissent Exhibit dimasalang mentioned just to see how successful it will be.

vampire · 7th December 2009, 04:22 PM

hai
i am new on this thing
but let me try
i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ?
some of the members could put photos of there best examples
on it ,this whit there info on the weapon
i like to see what other members of this forum think
please let me know
a grt to all
jan

Maurice · 7th December 2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vampire

hai
i am new on this thing
but let me try
i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ?
some of the members could put photos of there best examples
on it ,this whit there info on the weapon
i like to see what other members of this forum think
please let me know
a grt to all
jan

Hi Jan,

Welcome to the forum....
uhhhmm....I am still waiting for your photo's....

Groet,
Maurice

migueldiaz · 8th December 2009, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vampire

hai
i am new on this thing
but let me try
i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ?
some of the members could put photos of there best examples
on it ,this whit there info on the weapon
i like to see what other members of this forum think
please let me know
a grt to all
jan

jan, that's a great idea.

in a way, this forum has been serving already as a virtual museum.

but a dedicated website for philippine sandata (ethnic weapons) is surely nice to have (or websites of any other country's weapons for that matter).

as for the physical museum, that's also good to have of course, as nothing beats appreciating an object in 'person'.

in any case, your comments are much appreciated.

dear all --

as for the care of donated weapons to this proposed museum, i think it's a matter of housing the weapons in an appropriate museum.

obviously a typical museum uses a "shotgun" approach, that is, it tries to cover every ethnic object.

thus the museum being proposed by nonoy has to have focus on ethnic weaponry, for the proper care of the objects to be had.

alternatively, it can be a 'museum' that's part of an existing institution (e.g., the philippine national museum), but with a dedicated staff and financial grant ...

Dimasalang · 8th December 2009, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vampire

hai
i am new on this thing
but let me try
i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ?
some of the members could put photos of there best examples
on it ,this whit there info on the weapon
i like to see what other members of this forum think
please let me know
a grt to all
jan

Welcome to the forum!

Starting a webpage is a great idea as well. Maybe go further and establish a named organization made up of the members here and then build the site. That would give some creditability and seriousness to the cause and what we aim to do...and all the while it would be a club where we get to enjoy each others weapons.

This forum has a wealth of information and some seriously rare/unique/exquisite examples. I am happy to have found this place, as it gives me insight and allows me to see, what I believe to be, works of art from my country that I have never seen before, never heard of, or never even would have imagined existed. Thanks to all the members here for sharing! As mentioned previously, the only problem is some of these examples are in old posts dating back several years, and you would have to search/dig for them, some I would almost say were lost in unrelated threads. A webpage would organize everything...having everything listed with info and threads from this forum linked to the webpage for further detail and research.

migueldiaz · 9th December 2009, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Dimasalang

This forum has a wealth of information and some seriously rare/unique/exquisite examples. xxx As mentioned previously, the only problem is some of these examples are in old posts dating back several years, and you would have to search/dig for them, some I would almost say were lost in unrelated threads. A webpage would organize everything...having everything listed with info and threads from this forum linked to the webpage for further detail and research.

Dimasalang, I'm actually presently fooling around with such a concept.

Please see this blog I've just started, Filhistory.com.

It's nowhere anywhere near what you've described. But I'm trying to get there.

For starters, I've posted all the Macao exhibit pieces, then I followed it up with the Krieger plates. Currently, I'm posting some of the pieces I've collected.

My next step is to post also the pieces sold by Artzi and Erik (Farrow). A million thanks by the way to Artzi and to Erik (don't know if Erik is here), for granting me permission to use their pics in my website.

My only problem is time! Work gets in the way you see

Like for the whole month of November I was not able to post anything (and December may end up the same).

Anyway, if you (or the others) can put up a similar or better website, then the more the merrier ...

PS - I respect a lot intellectual property rights. Thus on a best efforts basis, I always indicate if available the source of the photos I post in that blog

Nonoy Tan · 9th December 2009, 10:00 AM

Developing a virtual museum is a fantastic idea.

So, is having a physical museum... depending on the museum's objectives or purpose.

What do you think should be the primary objectives? From there, it becomes easier to make rational choices.

Gavin Nugent · 12th December 2009, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by migueldiaz

Dimasalang, I'm actually presently fooling around with such a concept.

Please see this blog I've just started, Filhistory.com.

It's nowhere anywhere near what you've described. But I'm trying to get there.

For starters, I've posted all the Macao exhibit pieces, then I followed it up with the Krieger plates. Currently, I'm posting some of the pieces I've collected.

My next step is to post also the pieces sold by Artzi and Erik (Farrow). A million thanks by the way to Artzi and to Erik (don't know if Erik is here), for granting me permission to use their pics in my website.

My only problem is time! Work gets in the way you see

Like for the whole month of November I was not able to post anything (and December may end up the same).

Anyway, if you (or the others) can put up a similar or better website, then the more the merrier ...

PS - I respect a lot intellectual property rights. Thus on a best efforts basis, I always indicate if available the source of the photos I post in that blog

www.filhistory.com

An outstanding effort and very intensive work. I like the ideas being thrown around and if I can help in any way, please ask.

Gav

Sajen · 12th December 2009, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vampire

hai
i am new on this thing
but let me try
i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ?
some of the members could put photos of there best examples
on it ,this whit there info on the weapon
i like to see what other members of this forum think
please let me know
a grt to all
jan

Hi Jan,
welcome to the forum! I like the idea of an online musem, great suggestion!
Detlef

vampire · 12th December 2009, 04:19 PM

hai brothers
i see many of us like the museum,great
lets see how we can do it
i mineself have no expirense with computers
but i think is great to have all krisses on line
all on type and on time and place of origin
also could be a stand against fakes atc.
and if we have many on line we could try to make a
timeline and see the evolution of the kris
and the connection between the philippine kris and the
others.
so if one of you ,that is a light in computing knows how
to start this please let me know
for now a greet jan the vampire

7th December 2009, 04:22 PM	#2
vampire Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: amsterdam holland Posts: 28	philippine museum on line hai i am new on this thing but let me try i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ? some of the members could put photos of there best examples on it ,this whit there info on the weapon i like to see what other members of this forum think please let me know a grt to all jan

12th December 2009, 04:19 PM	#10
vampire Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: amsterdam holland Posts: 28	lets work on it to get it done hai brothers i see many of us like the museum,great lets see how we can do it i mineself have no expirense with computers but i think is great to have all krisses on line all on type and on time and place of origin also could be a stand against fakes atc. and if we have many on line we could try to make a timeline and see the evolution of the kris and the connection between the philippine kris and the others. so if one of you ,that is a light in computing knows how to start this please let me know for now a greet jan the vampire

9th December 2009, 10:00 AM	#7
Nonoy Tan Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 293	Developing a virtual museum is a fantastic idea. So, is having a physical museum... depending on the museum's objectives or purpose. What do you think should be the primary objectives? From there, it becomes easier to make rational choices.