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Parang latok

A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.
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Silver hilted keris coteng

A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.
Dayak blowgun

Sumpitan

Malay name for the Dayak blowgun.
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Lila / lilla

Indonesian word for a swivel cannon.
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Padri gun

Padri gun is the name of a Malay matchlock.
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Satingar

Malay word for their matchlock musket.
Gutta percha

Gutta-percha

A natural latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
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Keris

Thrusting dagger of the Malay archipelago, often with an undulating blade.
Steel and Magic

Steel and Magic in Solingen

Earlier this month I was at the opening of the exhibit "Steel and Magic.

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Execution keris

Often used collector's name for the keris panjang.
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Keris panjang

Literally "long keris", a weapon mostly associated with Sumatra and Malaysia.
Malay Matchlock musket

Fine Malay matchlock musket

A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
Indonesian parang

An Indonesian parang nabur

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