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".
Gendewa
Old Javanese name for bow.
Box of Javanese arrows
Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.
Steel and Magic in Solingen
Earlier this month I was at the opening of the exhibit "Steel and Magic.
Balinese keris with stones in gold
Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.
A Sumbawa Kabeala
With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.
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.
Keris panjang
Literally "long keris", a weapon mostly associated with Sumatra and Malaysia.
Panglima prang
Literally "war commander" were military leaders appointed by the elite in Aceh.
Sikin panjang
A straight, single-edged sword with forked hilt used in northern Sumatra.
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.
An Indonesian parang nabur
A saber that is peculiar to the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Dayak blowgun dart quiver
Introduction
The Dayak people of Borneo used two to three meter long blowguns to hunt small
Pedang suduk maru
Also known as pedang lurus.
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.