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Three Indian war arrows

Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.

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Vietnamese knife

A simple early 20th-century fighting dagger with ribbed grip.

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Two Indian flight arrows

Light and slender arrows with small metal tips, optimized for long-distance shooting.

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Peranakan "pending" buckle

Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.

€250,-
A south Indian ankus head

South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.

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A parakeet shaped ankus head

Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.

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Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
Indonesian cockfighting spurs in box

Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.

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A giant piso raout

An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.

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Montagnard short saber

Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.

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Three Indian anti-siege arrows

Named so due to their extremely heavy, bullet-shaped arrowheads.

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A Sinhalese knife

Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

€300,-
An Acehnese rencong

A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.

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Vietnamese single edged spearhead

Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

€325,-
Bird head sewar dagger

A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Boy's katar

A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

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Indian spearheads and butt

A set for the beginning collector.

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Balinese keris

A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.

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Chin nicotine flask

A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.

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A signed Vietnamese fighting saber

Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietna

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

€400,-
Silver overlaid talwar hilt

Never mounted, still with the shop's wooden stopper.

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Dayak dart quiver with darts

Complete with a large number of darts, some with poisoned tips.

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Ramree veteran khukurī

Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

€400,-
Various Indian arrows

An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.

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Old Madura keris

With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.

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Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.

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Tribal Kachin dha

A typical example with a nice forge folded blade with differential heat treatment.

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A Kenyah Dayak mandau sword

The sword and everyday tool of the headhunters of Borneo.

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Seven Indian broadhead arrows

With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.

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South Indian spear butt

Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.

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Fine Peranakan belt buckle

This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.

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West-Javanese stiletto dagger

Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.

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Simple hooded katar

Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

€475,-
Sadeli walking cane

Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.

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Fine Canton-style export sword guard

Introduction Many Asian export sword guards, and later Japanese guards inspired by them

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Sumatran keris panjang

A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".

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Five Indian arrows

From the same set, but with a variety of different arrowheads.

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A Sinhalese lacquered bow

With classic cinnabar red, yellow, green and black lacquered decoration.

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Parang nabur with báitóng hilt

These sabers from Kalimantan exhibit a mix of European, Islamic, and local styles.

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A heavy Burmese dha

With a very good, substantial blade with differential heat treatment.

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Eight Indian bodkin arrows

Fitted with strong, facetted armor-piercing heads.

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A large Indian karud dagger

Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.

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A Karo Batak kalasan sword

An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.

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Burmese silver overlaid dha

On a sturdy, user-grade blade with temper line.

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Dayak blowgun dart quiver

Introduction The Dayak people of Borneo used two to three meter long bl

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Indian javelin head

With leaf-shaped blade with strong ribbed feature on either side.

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