Subject: padri religious warrior
Culture: Minangkabau
Setting: Padri War, Sumatra 1819-1845
Object: knives
York Antiques Centre *
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Knife (tumbok lada) Sumatran
This type of carved horn hilt and bulbous scabbard throat are characteristic of the tumbok lada from Sumatra." ...
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* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Knife (tumbok lada) Sumatran, 19th century
The tumbok lada is a knife with a forward-curved blade. The bulbous extension to the scabbard throat is typical." ...
