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Antique Malaccan Cane. Walking Stick.  Elegant and Stately.  Malacca. Malay Peninsula

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    Bone ball surrounded by a silver metal band.  Shaft is most likely Malaysian bamboo.  Definitely strong and stable.   Acquired it from an elderly “walking stick” collector in Portsmouth England.  He had acquired it in Malacca and was insistent that it was from the 1800s.… Continue reading

Wayang Golek Rod Puppet.  Sundanese / Sunda Culture.  West Java.  Indonesia

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    There is still little known about the wayang golek puppets but historians have speculated that they most likely originated in China and arrived on the north coast of Java (Pasisir region) around the 17th Century.  Through a series of cultural adaptions over a couple of hundred years,… Continue reading

Royalty or Sultan’s Sword, Southeast Asia

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Detail: I was told that this is a Moro royalty sword from the indigenous people of Southern Philippines. It seems to have European influence. If it is not Moro, I would say that it is a Pedang of Sumatra or Pedang Lurus from Java. Regardless, I am assuming it is… Continue reading
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