Null Sewar" dagger with scabbard
Iron, wood and silver ring (to be verified) - H…

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Sewar" dagger with scabbard Iron, wood and silver ring (to be verified) - H. : 28 cm - Sumatra - Indonesia

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Sewar" dagger with scabbard Iron, wood and silver ring (to be verified) - H. : 28 cm - Sumatra - Indonesia

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Estim. 1 800 - 2 500 EUR

A CEREMONIAL DAGGER ''SEWAR'' Indonesia, North-Sumatra, Aceh, 19th c. L. 37,5 cm Outstanding dagger sewar in the mixed style of Minangkabau and Aceh, with a large hemispherical handle in puntung form, sometimes also called tombok ("pestle"), made of patinated maritime ivory. Scabbard lined with florally punched and embossed silver plate with a box-like widened mouthpiece that allows comfortable carrying in the waist belt. The handle base sits in a heavy metal mount with a stepped border, as known from rencong daggers with hulu peucangge (hulu: handle). The neck of the handle is covered with a silver-copper alloy (suassa). Large, opulent sewar like this one were used as gifts or morning offerings between clans and were prestigious objects for the Acehnese nobility, who maintained good relations with the Muslim Sunni Minangkabau (among whom this type of weapon is particularly common). Sewar and rencong were (in contrast to keris) also worn by women (the Minangkabau of Padang are matrilineal, succession and kinship are calculated through the mother line). The sewar is very common in the central and northern part of Sumatra and is still in use today as a "last resort" weapon and everyday knife. It probably goes back to Greek-Indian dagger knives and sword forms from the kopis family, which are documented in India in the reliefs of Ayanta up to the middle of the first millennium. Like the related rencong, the sewar always has a slightly inwardly curved back blade, which is single-edged and usually very sharp. The blade narrows from the hilt to the point and tapers to a point. The blade has a slight relief and pitted edge (beuneung si urat), which is rounded here. The sewar has a similar metaphysical meaning to the kris / keris. In Minangkabau and Aceh, there were professional sewar fighters who carried out blood feuds and murder in the form of duels, similar to those in Corsica. The Minangkabau ("literally "many buffaloes"; a reference to their great wealth) were respected throughout the archipelago as fighters of great courage who could never be dominated by colonialists. From an old German private collection, assembled since the 1950s - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Minor traces of age Lit.: D. F. Draeger (1992): Weapons and fighting arts of Indonesia., Rutland VT - A. G. van Zonneveld (2001): Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. Leiden

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