very rare Taiwan aborigene sword,ceremonial sword in the rinasavung style,decorated on both sides the front of the sheath is decorated with standing men ;the protuberance on the top of the sheath is decorated with seven heads ,the handle is inlaid with silver
from an old belgian collection
bought to patrick mestdaegh(president of bruneaf) years ago
a fine rare balato with its original ball in basket and animal teeth hilt like an "lasara "monster with opened mouth with a human figure on top
sheath in wood and strips of metal
this iis from an old belgian collection bought to patrick mestdaegh years ago
its not a fake basket as you see from indonesia now!
nice old badek (the hilt make an angle with the blade )with a silver embossed part at the base of the hilt(with is not commonand makes it a quality knife)
nice old rattan work on the wood
nice pamor patterns on the blade(mixture of meteoric metal and metal forged togetherthe patterns made visible by acid where the iron turns black and the nickel containing metal remains silver coloured
from an old belgian collection
bought years ago to patrick mestdaegh(president of bruneaf)
