Product Description

Timor Sword 2

Material: Iron blade, silver and wood scabbard, wood hilt with silver eye
Style: Central Timor, early 20th century
Size: Length 72 cm, width 6.5 cm
Order Number: TATW2

Background: This is a variant one of the five main types of swords found in Timor, mainly recognisable from the shape of their hilts. The hilt is in the shape of a cock’s head. At the top is a kind of cock’s comb. The eye is made of silver – one side is missing. The beak is blunt.

The scabbard is made of two parts of wood held together with finely decorated silver strips. The hilt’s lower part fits exactly. The blades are often of English, Portuguese or Dutch origin.

A similar example is shown in Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Albert G. Van Zonneveld, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, 2001 at page 138