Luju Celico
| Luju Celico | |
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| Weapon type: | dagger |
| Designations: | Luju Celiko (see text) |
| Use: | Weapon, ceremonial weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Sumatra , ethnic groups from Sumatra |
| Distribution: | Indonesia |
| Handle: | Wood, horn |
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The Luju Celiko also Loedjoe Tjeliko , Oelang Aling , Tjoeriga is a dagger from Sumatra .
description
The Luju Celiko has a straight, single-edged blade. The blade is wedge-shaped and becomes narrower from the handle to the location . The blade is smooth and has neither a central ridge nor a hollow grind . The place is slightly rounded. The booklet is made of hollow gold sheet or an alloy of gold, silver and copper ( Indon. Suasa ), which is filled with a natural resin . It becomes wider and club-shaped from the ferrule . At the pommel it bends at an angle of about 90 ° and tapers to a point and thin. The vagina has a widened mouth. The Luju Celiko is used, among other things, at weddings . The groom carries the dagger in a belt on his back. The Luju Celiko is used by ethnic groups in Sumatra.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert G. van Zonneveld: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-5450-004-2 , p. 84.