Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger
A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.
SoldSulawesi sword with VOC blade
A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.
SoldFine inlaid sikin panjang
Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.
SoldRare Modang Mandau
With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.
SoldRare beladau lebar dagger
A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.
SoldNimble Vietnamese saber
With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.
SoldTonkinese saber
Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.
SoldA Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-A milam of the Garo
This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.
€1800,-A South Nias belatu salà
Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.
SoldPunjabi koftgari lockbox
Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.
SoldFine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
SoldBalinese keris of Ferdinand Blok
The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.
SoldMalabar coast Moplah sword
A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.
SoldCambodian long saber
Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.
SoldInteresting kirach with dated hilt
Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.
SoldDeccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
SoldUnusual South Nias sword
Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.
SoldDha with story of Maung Tin
Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.
SoldRare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
€1500,-