Indonesian cockfighting spurs in box
Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.
Old Madura keris
With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.
Balinese spearhead with scabbard
With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.
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.
Balinese keris
A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.
Javanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Box of Javanese arrows
Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.
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.
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.