Sword from Timor with beautiful carved horn hilt in traditional style. Two sides are adorned with red dyed goat hair. Wooden original scabbard wounded with rattan.

The blade is a 260 years old marked VOC ( Vereeningde Oost Indische Compangie) blade marked 1758 , and "A" a mark for the tradeoffice of Amsterdam.

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In the Sandalwood trade, iron blades where brought to Timor by the Dutch. Firstly the Dutch tried to trade inferior cheap blades but the Timorese preferred this with VOC markings. 

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Source: De jacht op Sandelhout ,A de Roever

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Size:  82 cm.

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Price in euro  3450,-