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Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair

With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.

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The O.T. Burne dha

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

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A rare Burmese spear

A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.

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Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

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An ivory hilted kiem

The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.

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Vietnamese rattan shield

Called khiên in Vietnamese.

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Group of arms from Tonkin

Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

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Balinese keris with stones in gold

Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.

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Fine Vietnamese saber

Introduction Most antique Vietnamese sabers on the mar

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Vietnamese double swords

A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.

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A Vietnamese straightsword kiem

With a substantial, quality blade.

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A fine Philippine bolo

The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.

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Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

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

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All-metal ceremonial guom

With captured French blade, ground down to fit.

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A Vietnamese kiem

A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.

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Dayak carved ceremonial paddle

A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.

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Mindan dha with agate pommel

Its blade portraying the story of one of the previous lives of Guatama Buddha.

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Fine inlaid sikin panjang

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

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Vietnamese straightsword

It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.

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Flame backed double swords

With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

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Silver mounted Sumatran saber

With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".

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Vietnamese ceremonial saber

A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.

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A South Nias belatu salà

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

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Palembang twist-core pedang

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

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Large Shan dha

With silver-clad scabbard executed in their typical style.

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A Mindan / Yamethin dha

With fine overlaid blade this area was known for.

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A very good Philippine bolo

With beautifully carved horn grip.

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Very fine Sikin Panjang

With triple tiered golden crown with enamel decor.

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The Rundle dha of 1898

A signed and dated Burmese dha.

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French sword for the King of Siam

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

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

Measuring almost a meter, with exceptional blade for a ceremonial keris.

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Vietnamese matchlock

A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.

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An Indonesian blunderbuss

Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.

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Fine Dayak blowgun

Long piece, original length, with aso motif inlaid in blade.

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

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

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A streaked lin gin

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

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Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

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Rare Modang Mandau

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

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A peudeueng peusangan

From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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Burmese sword carbine

A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.

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Plain mounted Mindan dha

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

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Vietnamese officer gươm

With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.

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Igorot headhunter javelin

With exceptionally wide blade, forged with a hardened leading edge.

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Early silver Burmese dha

With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

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A fine Kayan mandau

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

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Vietnamese officer saber

General introduction Ornate Vietnamese guőm (

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A rare Philippine fighting knife

A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.

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A very good pedang bentok

Also called klewang sasak by Indonesian collectors.

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A Shan Kachin style dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.

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A Burmese dha with openwork handle

Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.

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