Sujet

Weapons used by the Malays of Perak, 1876. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Weapons used by the Malays of Perak, 1876. 'a.a.: Limbing Spear (of Penaga-wood) and Spear-head sheath; b.b.: Padang and Scabbard, used by Malay Rajahs; c.: Lading, for cutting wood, and sometimes used as a weapon; d.d.: Kriss Panjang and Scabbard; e.e.: Sundong, and Sheath of coal-wood; f.f.: Tumboh Lada and Sheath; g.: Permata, with Sheath of senna-wood; h.h.: Golok and Sheath; i.i. [and] k.k.: Spear-head and Sheath; l.l.: Kriss, and Sheath, the body of which is of senna-wood, the top of camooning-wood; m.: Lela (small cannon, mounted on block); n.n.: Badik and Sheath. The native weapons shown in our Engraving do not include the fire-arms. They are ordinary types of numberless cutting and stabbing weapons, the invariable companions of every Malay'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A81_086

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,1Mo (2,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 31,7cm / 4960 x 3742 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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