Chin nicotine flask
A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.
Dayak carved ceremonial paddle
A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.
Fine Peranakan belt buckle
This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.
Chinese crescent tipped maces
A highly unusual set of paired maces with crescent tips.
Chinese garlic mace
Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.
Suàntóu gūduǒ (蒜頭骨朵)
Literally "garlic mace", the name of a mace with a bulbous head.
A remarkable Khond axe
The best of its kind known to me, with silver overlay and ivory finial.
A Persian crescent axe
With lacquered shaft. Previously sold at Sotheby's in 1985.
Indonesian cockfighting spurs in box
Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.
South Indian tungi axe
A relatively rare variety of an Indian war axe, called tungi.
Chinese báitóng whip
A Chinese traditional hidden striking weapon, this time executed in the "white copper" alloy.
A parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.
A south Indian ankus head
South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.
Kudi
Indonesian word for a peculiar weapon/farming tool.
Kudi bares
Indonesian word for a peculiar farming tool.
A rare kudi trantang
A rare variation of one of the rarest forms of Indonesian arms.
Pierced iron saddle
Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.
Bagh nakh (बाघ नख)
Hindi word for "tiger claw", a clawed weapon held in the palm of the hand.
Sinhalese lacquered cane
Description
An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible rattan.
A fine walking cane from Madras
Made of a beautiful piece of black zitan hardwood, carved in a spiral, topped with a silver knob.
Vietnamese crook handled cane
With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.
Sadeli walking cane
Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
Teišun-i giyan
Manchu for a brass or bronze mace.
Bŭzi (補子)
Chinese for a ranking badge worn by civil and military officials
Qing military rank badge
Depicting the golden cat, representing the 6th military rank.
Yatarakū fadu
A traditional fire-making pouch.
Kusarigama (鎖鎌)
A Japanese scythe weapon with weight and chain.
Ruǎn tiěbiān (軟鐵鞭)
Historical Chinese term for an iron chain weapon.
Tonngya
A type of Indian tribal battle axe made and used by the Gond people.
Bullova
A type of axe associated with the Khond people of India.
Pharetri
A type of axe associated with the Khond people of India.
Axe with Anup Singh inscription
With a samvat date that corresponds to 1691 A.D.
Xiāoqíyíng (驍騎營)
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Classical literature
Burmese sword carbine
A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.
Huǒ lián bāo (火䥥包)
A traditional fire-making pouch.
Tóngjiǎn (銅鐧)
Chinese for a bronze mace.
Liánjiābàng (連耞棒)
A Chinese type of fighting flail
Aṅkus
Hindi from the Sanskrit aṅkuśa, it means "elephant goad".
Tibetan style pierced saddle plate
With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"
Chinese forked mace
A forked mace with cast ornament in the middle of the cross guard.
Jiǎn (鐧)
A type of Chinese mace with a smooth rod.
Tiěbiān (鐵鞭)
Used to describe both flexible sectioned whips and heavy bar-maces.
Biān (鞭)
Literally: "whip". Describes actual whips but also iron chain weapons and rigid bar-maces.
Chinese bronze mace (tóngjiǎn)
With large dragon head collar piece.
Chinese crescent moon weapons
Unusual set of paired Chinese maces of good workmanship.
South Indian pierced iron ankus
Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.
Antique Chinese bronze mace
Introduction
Chinese civilian martial artists used a wide variety of weapons.
A Japanese kusarigama
The Japanese kusarigama is a variation of the gama, a scythe-like weapon that was l
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese, 1719
Description
A Japanese volume from the 唐土訓蒙圖彚 or "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese", it was publi