Preanger sword with VOC blade
Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.
West-Javanese gobang
The sword of the Sundanese people of the Preanger highlands.
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber
Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.
West-Javanese stiletto dagger
Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.
Tepus
A variety of Dayak blowgun dart.
Damek
Dayak name for a blowgun dart
Dayak dart quiver with darts
Complete with a large number of darts, some with poisoned tips.
Sumpitan
Malay name for the Dayak blowgun.
Fine Dayak blowgun
Long piece, original length, with aso motif inlaid in blade.
Ceremonial peurise teumaga
Cast brass shield of a ceremonial type that was used during sword dances in Aceh.
Palembang twist-core pedang
A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.
Parang beladeh / parang belabang
A curved saber from the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Dayak (people)
Name for a wide range of native groups of Borneo.
Duku apang
Iban (Sea Dayak) word for parang ilang, a.k.a. mandau, the Borneo headhunter's sword.
Duku
Iban (Sea Dayak) word for sword.
Dayak carved ceremonial paddle
A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.
Very good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
Fine Peranakan belt buckle
This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.
A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
A Murut parapat
The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.
Indonesian cockfighting spurs in box
Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.
Old Madura keris
With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.
Balinese spearhead with scabbard
With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.
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.
Tribal Art Fair spring 2021
This year I will participate in the online Tribal Art fair, along with 30 dealers from around the world showing their latest offerings in this genre.
Parapat
The sword of the Murut, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Pakayun
Commonly used name for the sword of the Muruts, headhunters of northern Borneo.
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.
Balinese keris
A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.
Peudeueng
An Acehnese type of saber
Javanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
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.
Negara
Village near Banjarmasin, Borneo. A notable center of arms production in the 19th century.
Kudi
Indonesian word for a peculiar weapon/farming tool.
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.
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.
A Palembang sword with British blade
With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.
Tumpal
Indonesian name for a triangular motif.
Mata-djoh
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration consisting of S-shaped ornaments.
Tap-set-sien
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration seen on mandau blades.
Mata kalong
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration seen on mandau blades.