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Sikin Panjang
Acehnese - Gayo - Alas - Batak
Aceh Sultanate - Dutch East Indies (Aceh - North Sumatra, Indonesia)
Late 19th century (ca. 1873 - 1904)
Steel, horn (buffalo)
Blade: 54,6cm
Hilt & Blade: 70,5cm
Hilt, Blade, Sheath: -cm
Collection Date: 2024
Collection Number: 389

Ex. American Art Market (2024)

A sikin panjang sword from Northern Sumatra used by various groups such as the Acehnese, Gayo, Alas, and Batak. The steel blade is straight, single- edged, with a deep single fuller following the thickened spine for 3/4 of the blade's length. A pamor pattern is present throughout. The faceted steel bolster in the form of a crown having nine sides. Forked buffalo horn hilt with incised grooved texture. A crack is present to the upper horn hilt, as a common occurence through age on these particular swords.

An authentic, undecorated fighting sword in very good condition. Missing its wooden sheath. Almost certainly from the Aceh War period of the late 19th century.

Photograph 16: A collection of Acehnese weapons during the Dutch colonial period, ca. 1893 - 1895.
Photograph 17: Aceh warriors (Photograph b y H.M. Neeb-Henricus Marinus Need, ca. 1900. Neeb served in a medical unit for the Dutch colonial army, photographing the Dutch offensive against the Aceh.

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