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2nd January 2010, 07:56 PM
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I was at the Leiden Museum today. There they said the same, but with that difference that there was a very little area in PNG were blacksmiths students were learning to make metal blades before the year 1900. When they graduated, they had to make a knife's blade. There was an example displayed at the museum, but it was very poorly made, also with a very poor hilt (not he kind you depicted here). I tried to remember the area but ??? Was it in the north west? (or was it the north south?  ) My memory is not what it was before apparently!  by the way, the temporary exhibition "Sumatera tercinta" is much better than the permanent exhibition. Nice provenanced kerisses with a lot of gold, diamonds, ivory and gemstones, and a wonderfull balato and another nias dagger with ivory hilt. Also nice badeks with gold, gemstones, and so on, and so on....very interesting for the bling-bling lovers amongst us! Last edited by Maurice; 2nd January 2010 at 08:07 PM. |
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2nd January 2010, 10:54 PM
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Thanks for checking at Leiden. North South is a bit difficult. that would be more or less in the middle North West would be good. Geelvinkbaai is in the Northwest |
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