The Padri Gun by Westenenk
Translation from the 1908 Dutch language article by Louis Constant Westenenk.
European sword blade keris
In the style of a Malay keris panjang.
Unusual South Nias sword
Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.
Si euli / Si oli
A type of knife from the North of Nias.
Bekhu
Nias name for the monkey-like figure carved on some sword hilts.
Gari matuwà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
South Nias gari matuwà
A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.
Lasara
Nias word for the monster head that the people of Nias carved.
Later South Nias belatu
Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.
North Nias si euli
A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.
Balatu salà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Niòbawa lawölò
Nias word for zoomorphic sword hilts with an open mouth with fangs.
A South Nias belatu salà
Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.
Fine inlaid sikin panjang
Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber
Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.
Sumpitan
Malay name for the Dayak blowgun.
Palembang twist-core pedang
A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.
Very good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
Acehnese peudeueng
With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.
Sukul nganga
A type of Batak sword hilt.
Kalasan
A type of Batak sword
A Karo Batak kalasan sword
An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.
Toba Batak sword
With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.
Glupa / Gloepa
Acehnese word for a golden crown at the base of swords and daggers.
Sikin panjang with golden crown
In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.
Peudeueng
An Acehnese type of saber
Rencong
An Acehnese type of thrusting dagger.
An Acehnese rencong
A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.
Kěmura
Acehnese word for blunderbuss.
An Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
A Palembang sword with British blade
With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.
Padri gun
Padri gun is the name of a Malay matchlock.
Telögu
Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Belatu
Generic Nias word for "knife" or "sword".