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Wide Sino-Vietnamese knife

Large bowie-type blade with prominent raised backedge.

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All-metal Vietnamese kiem

A very rare ceremonial variety with copper scabbard inlaid with different alloys, and a brass blade.

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Headhunter chief's mandau

A fine Dayak headhunter sword with an exceptionally carved hilt.

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Thai iron hilt saber

An extremely rare, early Thai sword with all iron hilt.

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Veiled female keris grip

Often interpreted to be Durga, the warrior goddess.

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Vietnamese dha in early style

Wih fine embossed silver mounts and an unusual blade with spiked tip.

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Sumatran sword with gold covered hilt

A fine example, probably meant for Palembang royalty.

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Burmese silver lime container

Finely worked in repousse with ten figures on container and lid.

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Mandailing sword

A very rare sword of a type that may be attributable to the Mandailing people of West Sumatra.

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Padang highlands sword

A rare type of Sumatran sword, often attributed to the Padang Highlands

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A rare Sumatran sword

With a blade often associated with the Mandailing of Sumatra.

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Rencong from Aceh

A good example of this peculiar style of Sumatran dagger.

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Thai gilded silver niello sword

Straight gold inlaid blade and silver-gilt niello mounts.

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A Tonkinese saber

Northern Vietnam, 19th century

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Thai wooden shield

Made of lacquered wood, it depicts a Chinese-style tiger.

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Colonial revolving matchlock gun

With five chamber canister. The whole in silver gilt overlay with Vietnamese decorative elements.

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Solo court keris

With raised gold overlay and gilt-enamel

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17th century Vietnamese lance

With a black and gold metal sleeve, often called "sawasa".

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Bali keris

The beautiful 19-luk blade retains its smooth original finish, with the pamor standing out over a glossy black…

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Japanese inspired Asian sword

Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees who settled along the coast.

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Silver mounted dha

With entirely silver covered hilt and silver mounts on scabbard.

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Burmese dha with interesting blade

With inscriptions on blade, unusual grooves, and brass inlaid copper mounts.

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Plain dha with baldric

Nice plain dha as used in Yunnan, Burma, and northern Thailand. Complete with baldric.

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Bali straight keris

With fine flaming pamor blade and notched "cekah redut" hilt.

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Bali buntel mayat keris

Bali keris with fine slanted wrapped pamor, considered to be one of the most powerful pamor.

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Vietnamese wooden shield

Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.

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Vietnamese shortsword

A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.

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Very fine Mindan dha

Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.

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Dha with story of Maung Tin

Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.

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Unusual South Nias sword

Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.

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Cambodian long saber

Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

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Chinese demon head saber

Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt

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Southeast Asian sword club

This enigmatic hardwood club is modeled after a sword.

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Batad Ifugao hinālung

Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

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South Nias gari matuwà

A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.

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Later South Nias belatu

Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.

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North Nias si euli

A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.

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Group of arms from Tonkin

Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

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Khmer dagger

A rare thousand-year-old dagger from the Khmer empire.

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Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.

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Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard

It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.

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A South Nias belatu salà

Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.

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Tonkinese saber

Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.

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Nimble Vietnamese saber

With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.

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Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

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A giant piso raout

An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.

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Montagnard short saber

Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Fine inlaid sikin panjang

Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.

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Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

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Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

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Preanger sword with VOC blade

Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.

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Indonesian colonial military saber

In quasi European style with a stirrup hilt and Dutch-style leather scabbard.

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