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Sikin panjang with double crown

A typical example of the better sikin panjang with a golden crown.

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Triple golden crown sikin

A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.

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A Murut parapat

The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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Large Vietnamese trường đao

Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

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Fine Malay matchlock musket

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

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A Palembang sword with British blade

With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.

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Acehnese peudeueng

With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.

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Vietnamese officer saber

General introduction Ornate Vietnamese guőm (

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A rare Philippine fighting knife

A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.

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A very good pedang bentok

Also called klewang sasak by Indonesian collectors.

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Asian export disc guard

The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.

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A Burmese dha with openwork handle

Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.

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A Shan Kachin style dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.

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A fine south Nias telögu

With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.

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A Padri carbine

An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.

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Igorot headhunter javelin

With exceptionally wide blade, forged with a hardened leading edge.

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Early silver Burmese dha

With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

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A fine Kayan mandau

With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.

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Silver mounted dha

With entirely silver covered hilt and silver mounts on scabbard.

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North Nias si euli

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

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Burmese sword carbine

A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.

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Vietnamese officer gươm

With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.

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A peudeueng peusangan

From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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Vietnamese shortsword

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

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Plain mounted Mindan dha

Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.

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Rare Modang Mandau

With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.

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Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

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A streaked lin gin

These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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Fine Dayak blowgun

Long piece, original length, with aso motif inlaid in blade.

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A Vietnamese matchlock musket

Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.

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Vietnamese matchlock

A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.

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An Indonesian blunderbuss

Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.

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Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

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A Vietnamese Christian cross

Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.

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The Rundle dha of 1898

A signed and dated Burmese dha.

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Very fine Sikin Panjang

With triple tiered golden crown with enamel decor.

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French sword for the King of Siam

With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

Measuring almost a meter, with exceptional blade for a ceremonial keris.

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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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A very good Philippine bolo

With beautifully carved horn grip.

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South Nias gari matuwà

A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.

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Vietnamese ceremonial saber

A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.

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Silver mounted Sumatran saber

With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".

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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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A South Nias belatu salà

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

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Palembang twist-core pedang

A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.

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Large Shan dha

With silver-clad scabbard executed in their typical style.

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A Mindan / Yamethin dha

With fine overlaid blade this area was known for.

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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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