PEDANG PED07

Sumatra, overall 77 cm, blade 55 cm, hilt 14.5 cm -1091E130-

 

   Hilt made of buffalo horn in the shape of a very simplified Makara. The sheath is made of alternative rings of bone and horn. The blade is rusted and dated 1786, it has the Dutch East India Company marking engraved next to the date.

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