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A fine Philippine bolo
The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.
Sukul nganga
A type of Batak sword hilt.
Toba Batak sword
With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.
Kay-yan
A type of javelin used by the Igorot headhunters of Luzon.
Sinalawitan
A type of multi-barbed javelin used by the Igorot of Luzon.
Falfeg
An Igorot barbed war javelin.
Fang-kao
An Igorot javelin type with a wide, barbless head.
Igorot headhunter javelin
With exceptionally wide blade, forged with a hardened leading edge.
Parapat
The sword of the Murut, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Pakayun
Commonly used name for the sword of the Muruts, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Suassa
A copper-alloy with high gold content that was highly prized in Southeast Asia.
Balinese keris
A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.
Samrit (សំរិត)
Khmer word for an auspicious copper alloy.
Javanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
Sawasa
A term used for colonial Asian metalwork in black and gold.
A sawasa hunting hanger
Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.
Wood hilted dahmjaun
With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.
Rencong
An Acehnese type of thrusting dagger.
An Acehnese rencong
A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.
Negara
Village near Banjarmasin, Borneo. A notable center of arms production in the 19th century.
Kudi
Indonesian word for a peculiar weapon/farming tool.
Kěmura
Acehnese word for blunderbuss.
An Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
Kudi bares
Indonesian word for a peculiar farming tool.
A rare kudi trantang
A rare variation of one of the rarest forms of Indonesian arms.
Padri gun
Padri gun is the name of a Malay matchlock.
Mata-djoh
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration consisting of S-shaped ornaments.
Tap-set-sien
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration seen on mandau blades.
Mata kalong
Long Way Dayak word for a type of decoration seen on mandau blades.
Li-po-tong
Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Lidjib
Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Longna
Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Monong
Long Way Dayak name for a type of mandau tip.
Leng
Long Way Dayak word for a variety of mandau.
Kemalau
Dayak word for latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
Parang ilang
Widely used name for a hollow-ground Indonesian headhunter sword. (A.k.a. mandau).
A fine Kayan mandau
With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.
A Kenyah mandau
The famous sidearm of the headhunters of Borneo.
Mandau
Popular name for the common sword of Borneo.
A Kenyah Dayak mandau sword
The sword and everyday tool of the headhunters of Borneo.
Dha hmyaung
Alternative spelling of da̱hmjaun, the Burmese word for their dagger.
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