Parang latok
A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.
Silver hilted keris coteng
A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.
Sumpitan
Malay name for the Dayak blowgun.
Lila / lilla
Indonesian word for a swivel cannon.
Padri gun
Padri gun is the name of a Malay matchlock.
Satingar
Malay word for their matchlock musket.
Gutta-percha
A natural latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
Keris
Thrusting dagger of the Malay archipelago, often with an undulating blade.
Steel and Magic in Solingen
Earlier this month I was at the opening of the exhibit "Steel and Magic.
Execution keris
Often used collector's name for the keris panjang.
Keris panjang
Literally "long keris", a weapon mostly associated with Sumatra and Malaysia.
Fine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.