Sikin-Pasangan
| Sikin-Pasangan | |
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| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Sikin-Pasangan |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Sumatra , ethnic groups from Sumatra |
| Distribution: | Sumatra |
| Overall length: | about 95 cm |
| Blade length: | about 69 cm |
| Handle: | horn |
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The Sikin-Pasangan also Beulangkah , Bolangkah , Klangkah , Koelangkah , Lading , Palanka , Pedang Peusangan , Pelangka , Peudeueng Peusangan , Peulangkah , Plangkah , Sekin Pasangan is a sword from Sumatra.
description
The Sikin-Pasangan has a curved, wide, double-edged blade with parallel cutting edges. The blade widens from the handle to the location . The place is slightly rounded. The blades usually have a wide, deep hollow grind that runs from the handle to almost the place. The handle has no guard, but a metal ferrule, which is used for better attachment between the handle and the blade, and is mostly made of horn. The pommel is carved in the shape of a fork (Indonian Hulu Peusangan) and polished. The Sikin-Pasangan is a version of the Klewang . It is used by ethnic groups in Sumatra.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert G. van Zonneveld: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-5450-004-2 , p. 126.
literature
- Pieter A. van der Lith, AJ Spaan, Fokko Fokkens: Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië. Met medewerking van verschillende ambtenaren leererden en officieren seed gesteld. Volume 4: Soekapoera - Kolot - Zijdeplanten. M. Nijhoff, 's Gravenhage 1905, p. 690.
