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  • Vietnamese short kiem logo

    Vietnamese shortsword

    A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.

    Sold
  • Very fine Mindan dha logo

    Very fine Mindan dha

    Introduction Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandala

    €3600,-
  • Mindan dha logo

    Dha with story of Maung Tin

    Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.

    €4000,-
  • Parang latok logo

    Parang latok

    A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

    €2800,-
  • Unusual Nias sword logo

    Unusual South Nias sword

    Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.

    Sold
  • Cambodian long saber logo

    Cambodian long saber

    Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

    Sold
  • Chinese demon head saber

    Chinese demon head saber

    Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt

    Sold
  • Ifugao hinalung

    Batad Ifugao hinālung

    Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

    €800,-
  • Nias gari matuwà logo

    South Nias gari matuwà

    A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.

    Sold
  • South Nias belatu

    Later South Nias belatu

    Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.

    €1100,-
  • Tonkin arms group

    Group of arms from Tonkin

    Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

    Sold
  • Nias belatu logo

    A South Nias belatu salà

    Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.

    Sold
  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

    These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.

    €3200,-
  • Tonkinese saber collected 1885-1887 logo

    Tonkinese saber

    Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.

    Sold
  • Antique Vietnamese saber logo

    Nimble Vietnamese saber

    With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.

    Sold
  • Modang mandau

    Rare Modang Mandau

    With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.

    Sold
  • Montagnard saber logo

    Montagnard short saber

    Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

    Sold
  • Sikin panjang with inlaid blade

    Fine inlaid sikin panjang

    Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.

    Sold
  • South Sulawesi sword VOC marked blade

    Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

    A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

    Sold
  • Javanese tiger hilt sword

    Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

    With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

    €1750,-
  • Preanger gobang sword with dated VOC blade logo

    Preanger sword with VOC blade

    Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.

    €2000,-
  • West Javanese gobang

    West-Javanese gobang

    The sword of the Sundanese people of the Preanger highlands.

    Sold
  • Dutch military m19898 saber in Sumatran hilt logo

    Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

    Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

    €800,-
  • Laos double swords logo

    Flame backed double swords

    With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

    Sold
  • Vietnamese kiem in Chinese style

    Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

    Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

    Sold
  • The dha of O.T. Burne

    The O.T. Burne dha

    With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.

    Sold
  • Palembang pedang benkok with twistcore blade

    Palembang twist-core pedang

    A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.

    Sold
  • Fine patterned sikin panjang logo

    Very good sikin panjang

    Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.

    €2200,-
  • Murut parapat sword logo

    A Murut parapat

    The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

    Sold
  • Lin gin dha logo

    A streaked lin gin

    These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

    Sold
  • Khmer style dha

    SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

    In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

    Sold
  • Old excavated dha logo

    An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

    Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

    €1000,-
  • Prince Constantin Wiasemsky dha

    The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

    Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

    €1800,-
  • Old excavated dha logo

    An excavated dha sword

    With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

    €700,-
  • Peudeueng logo

    Acehnese peudeueng

    With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.

    Sold
  • Batak sword logo

    A Karo Batak kalasan sword

    An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.

    Sold
  • Toba Batak sword logo

    Toba Batak sword

    With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.

    Sold
  • Sikin panjang golden crown logo

    Sikin panjang with golden crown

    In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.

    Sold
  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

    An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

    Sold
  • Palembang sword with European blade logo

    A Palembang sword with British blade

    With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.

    Sold
  • Siamese Mamluk saber logo

    French sword for the King of Siam

    With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.

    Sold
  • Fine inlaid mandau

    A fine Kayan mandau

    With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.

    Sold
  • Kenyah mandau logo

    A Kenyah mandau

    The famous sidearm of the headhunters of Borneo.

    Sold
  • Nias telogu logo

    A fine south Nias telögu

    With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.

    Sold
  • Brass mounted Thai daap

    Brass mounted Thai dáap

    A charming and somewhat unusual example of a Thai dáap (ดาบ).

    Sold
  • Humble dha with Mindan blade logo

    Plain mounted Mindan dha

    Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.

    Sold
  • Early Mindan style dha logo

    Early silver Burmese dha

    With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

    Sold
  • Burmese silver overlaid dha

    Burmese silver overlaid dha

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

    Sold
  • Mandau logo

    A Kenyah Dayak mandau sword

    The sword and everyday tool of the headhunters of Borneo.

    Sold
  • Kachin dha logo

    Tribal Kachin dha

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

    Sold
  • Parang nabur logo

    Parang nabur with báitóng hilt

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

    Sold
  • Dai dha overall

    Fine Chinese Shan dha

    Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

    Sold

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