Resource Spotlight | “An Annotated Bibliography of Indonesian, Filipino & Malay Edged Weapons” by T.D. Rogers

 

Office with a Weapon Collection and Hunting Trophies, 1880-1900
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 
 
 

An Annotated Bibliography of Indonesian, Filipino & Malay Edged Weapons

 

by T.D. Rogers

 
 
 
 

Published by C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden

 
 

This bibliography, believed to be the first of its kind, aims to provide an annotated record of a multitude of books and articles, published from the 16th to the early 21st century, which include references to Indonesian, Filipino and Malay edged weapons. It is hoped that it will be a useful source of information for all those who are interested in the subject. The text is accompanied by 100 illustrations reproduced from published sources.

T.D. Rogers, the compiler of this bibliography was formerly Deputy Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and co-author with Mary Clapinson of Summary catalogue of post-medieval western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: acquisitions 1916-1975 (SC 37300-55936) (3 vols., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991). He has also published a number of short articles in the The Bodleian Library Record, and Sir Frederic Madden at Cambridge: extracts from Madden's diaries 1831, 1838, 1841-2, 1846, 1859 and 1863 (Cambridge Bibliographical Society, Monograph no. 9, 1980).

 
 

Dagger with Human Head | Pattei | Mentawai
© Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Javanese Two-Pronged Spear (Bident)
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Javanese kris
© Rijksmuseum

Sword with a Janus-faced Hilt | Piso | Batak
© The Dallas Museum of Art

Sumatran Dagger (Golok or Pedang) with Sheath
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ritual Sword | Borneo
© The Dallas Museum of Art

Javanese Lance Point incrusted with Gold | Tumbak
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Chunderik with scabbard
© Rijksmuseum

Chief’s Sword | Balatu Sala | Nias
© The Dallas Museum of Art

Javanese Lance Point incrusted with Gold | Tumbak
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Image of a Balinese dancer with kris
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Dagger with Human Head | Pattei | Mentawai
© Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Javanese kris belonging to a dignitary
© Rijksmuseum 

Ritual Knife with Head of Slain Enemy | Enggano
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Javanese kris
© Rijksmuseum

Javanese Court Knife (Wedong) with Sheath
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Knife (Barong) with Sheath
Philippine, Jolo Island or Zamboanga Peninsula
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Balinese kris
© Rijksmuseum

Sword from Sulu Archipelago, Brunei
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Kris from Sulu Archipelago, Brunei
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 

Men from Lombok in armor
Isidore van Kinsbergen
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Buginese kris (tapi) with decoration of pamur doam kaloeko
Johan Gerard Sinia
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 

Wood engraving with weapons and objects from Borneo
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Collection of Dayak objects
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 

A Soldier exercising in presence of his Chieftain Oil Painting
William Daniell, 1810
© The Trustees of the British Museum

 

Javanese in War Dress Oil Painting
William Daniell, 1810
© The Trustees of the British Museum

 
 

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