Paiwan Curved Sword

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CH14 Paiwan Curved Sword

Code CH14

A curved sword of the Paiwan tribe, c. 1940’s, Formosa (Taiwan), Paiwan blades were typically straight. Contact with, and later occupation by the Japanese coincided with curvature of some knives, with a tip much like the Japanese kissaki.


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