Southeast Asian and African Weapon Assortment

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Estimated price: $200 - $400

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Southeast Asian and African Weapon Assortment

(4) items including (2) goluk style cane machetes / swords including one having blade of possible European manufacture marked ‘LOVEWMW’, both having ornamented handles and reed-lashed wood scabbards; a Masai style double-edged machete / sword having widening leaf shaped blade, dinosaur stamp in blade and leather-wrapped wood scabbard including integrated belt loop; and a decorative carved wood dagger with a wide, double-edged form

Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate

Length: 25 1/8 inches, Width: 2 1/2 inches (LOVEWMW goluk, unsheathed, tip to pommel)

Condition: Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with age, materials and normal use; light to moderate oxidation on blades; goluks having wear to scabbards and handles including breaks in reed lashings, scuffs and cracks to wood portions; marked blade goluk having loose handle; dinosaur stamped blade having opening in leather on scabbard

Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

Category: Military & Weapons > Knives

Estimated Sale Time: 12:51 pm CST

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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Last modified: June 1, 2022, 2:41 pm

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