Toba Batak sword
With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.
Tribal Art Fair spring 2021
This year I will participate in the online Tribal Art fair, along with 30 dealers from around the world showing their latest offerings in this genre.
Parapat
The sword of the Murut, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Pakayun
Commonly used name for the sword of the Muruts, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Glupa / Gloepa
Acehnese word for a golden crown at the base of swords and daggers.
Sikin panjang with golden crown
In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.
Balinese keris
A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.
Peudeueng
An Acehnese type of saber
Javanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
Rencong
An Acehnese type of thrusting dagger.
An Acehnese rencong
A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.
Negara
Village near Banjarmasin, Borneo. A notable center of arms production in the 19th century.
Kudi
Indonesian word for a peculiar weapon/farming tool.
Kěmura
Acehnese word for blunderbuss.
An Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
Kudi bares
Indonesian word for a peculiar farming tool.
A rare kudi trantang
A rare variation of one of the rarest forms of Indonesian arms.
A Palembang sword with British blade
With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.
Tumpal
Indonesian name for a triangular motif.
Mata-djoh
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration consisting of S-shaped ornaments.
Tap-set-sien
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration seen on mandau blades.
Mata kalong
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration seen on mandau blades.
Li-po-tong
Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Lidjib
Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Longna
Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Monong
Long Way Dayak name for a type of mandau tip.
Leng
Long Way Dayak word for a variety of mandau.
Kemalau
Dayak word for latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
Parang ilang
Widely used name for a hollow-ground Indonesian headhunter sword. (A.k.a. mandau).
A fine Kayan mandau
With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.
A Kenyah mandau
The famous sidearm of the headhunters of Borneo.
Mandau
Popular name for the common sword of Borneo.
Telögu
Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Belatu
Generic Nias word for "knife" or "sword".
A fine south Nias telögu
With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.
A Kenyah Dayak mandau sword
The sword and everyday tool of the headhunters of Borneo.
Pedang bengkok
Indonesian word meaning "curved sword".
Pedang lurus
Indonesian term meaning "straight sword". Often used to describe a specific silver-clad shortsword.
Parang nabur
Widely used but incorrect name for the parang beladah, a type of saber from the southern part of Kalimantan.
Parang nabur with báitóng hilt
These sabers from Kalimantan exhibit a mix of European, Islamic, and local styles.
A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
Telep
A Bornean term for a dart quiver.
Róda dedáli
Old Javanese for a type of arrow with a bird-shaped head.
Bedor
An old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a large spearhead shaped arrowhead.
Waráyang
Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a serpentine arrowhead.
Trisúla
Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a trident shaped head.
Paspáti
Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a crescent moon shaped arrowhead.
Chákra
Old Javanese for a type of arrow with a wheel attached.
Pana
Old Javanese word for "arrow".