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>Costume Studies
>>1821 Minangkabau padri
>>>knives
Subject: padri religious warrior
Culture: Minangkabau
Setting: Padri War, Sumatra 1819-1845
Object: knives = jambiah, kerambit, sewar, tumbok lada



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* 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."  ...


​* 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."  ...
​Brussel Knives *
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​Kris Cutlery *
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​* York Antiques Centre