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.

An Indonesian parang nabur

A saber that is peculiar to the southern part of the island of Borneo.