European sword blade keris
In the style of a Malay keris panjang.
Unusual South Nias sword
Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.
South Nias gari matuwà
A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.
Later South Nias belatu
Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.
North Nias si euli
A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.
A South Nias belatu salà
Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.
Fine inlaid sikin panjang
Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber
Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.
Palembang twist-core pedang
A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.
Very good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
Acehnese peudeueng
With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.
A Karo Batak kalasan sword
An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.
Toba Batak sword
With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.
Sikin panjang with golden crown
In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.
An Acehnese rencong
A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.
An Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
A Palembang sword with British blade
With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.
A fine south Nias telögu
With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.
Sumatran keris panjang
A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".
Triple golden crown sikin
A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.
Sikin panjang with double crown
A typical example of the better sikin panjang with a golden crown.
Bird head sewar dagger
A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Sikin panjang with golden crown
With double tiered golden crown.
A very good pedang bentok
Also called klewang sasak by Indonesian collectors.
Silver mounted Sumatran saber
With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".
Very fine Sikin Panjang
With triple tiered golden crown with enamel decor.