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The Bali Museum, Denpasar, Bali. This Balinese cannon is located in the yard of Bali Museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. This cannon is thought to have been produced in the 15th century, made from bronze with a length of 37 + 7 / 16 inches (95.1 cm). [50] Luis de Camoes museum in Macau has a piece of highly ornamented cetbang ...
A Javanese style Wedung, circa 16th-19th century. The Wedung is a short and broad machete (Bendho[1]). Its blade has a straight back and an S-shape edge. It may be made of smooth iron, but pamor forge work also occurs. The back is sometimes sharpened along 1/3 of its length from the point. The blade's base is straight and stands at an angle of ...
The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger from the Indonesian island of Java. Both weapon and spiritual object, the kris is considered to possess magical powers. The earliest known kris goes back to the tenth century and spread from the island of Java throughout Southeast Asia. The kris or keris[n 1] is a Javanese asymmetrical ...
Optical sight is a standard feature in SS1-V4 variant. The SS1 (short for Senapan Serbu 1, lit. 'Assault Rifle 1') [2] is the standard assault rifle of the Indonesian armed forces and Indonesian National Police. It is based on the FN FNC rifle but modified in order to meet ergonomic and tropical environment needs. [3]
Istinggar is a type of matchlock firearm built by the various ethnic groups of the Maritime Southeast Asia. The firearm is a result of Portuguese influence on local weaponry after the capture of Malacca (1511). [1]: 380, 388–389 Before this type of gun, in the archipelago already existed early long gun called bedil, or Java arquebus as the ...
The Bara Sangihe is known for its unique shaped blade that resembles a crocodile [2] or a beak of a bird with serrations. The shape of its handle also splits into two, [3] is made of wood, carved with traditional Sangirese motifs. [4] It is also said that the Bara Sangihe is one of the weapons used by a local warrior from North Sulawesi ...
A Java arquebus (Indonesian and Malaysian: Bedil Jawa) is a long-barreled early firearm from the Nusantara archipelago, dating back to the early 16th century. The weapon was used by Javanese armies, albeit in low number compared to total fighting men, [1]: 387 before the arrival of Iberian explorers (Portuguese and Spaniards) in the 16th century.
Bedil is a term from Maritime Southeast Asia which refers to various types of firearms and gunpowder weapons, from small pistols to large siege guns. The term bedil comes from wedil (or wediyal) and wediluppu (or wediyuppu) in the Tamil language. [1] In their original form, these words refer to gunpowder blast and saltpeter, respectively.