Sumatran sword with gold covered hilt
A fine example, probably meant for Palembang royalty.Unusual Indonesian carved grip
Made of carved wood with metal inlays for eyes and mouth.Batak bullet holder
Carved of amber-colored horn, with an ancestral face with metal inlays.Mandailing sword
A very rare sword of a type that may be attributable to the Mandailing people of West Sumatra.Padang highlands sword
A rare type of Sumatran sword, often attributed to the Padang HighlandsA rare Sumatran sword
With a blade often associated with the Mandailing of Sumatra.Rencong from Aceh
A good example of this peculiar style of Sumatran dagger.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.South Nias gari matuwà
A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.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.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.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.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.A Karo Batak kalasan sword
An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.Toba Batak sword
With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.Sikin panjang with golden crown
In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.An Acehnese rencong
A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.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.A fine south Nias telögu
With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.Sumatran keris panjang
A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".Triple golden crown sikin
A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.
Sikin panjang with double crown
A typical example of the better sikin panjang with a golden crown.Bird head sewar dagger
A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.