Batak Badi

IN83 Batak Badi


Code IN88

A Batak Badi (badeh, badek) from Sumatra. From the collection of Alan Maisey, collected early 1970s in Jakarta.

The blade pamor motif is adeg, the hilt is an ancestor figure well carved from black kerbau horn and with white horn inlaid eyes, the scabbard appears to be younger than the blade & hilt and has a buntut of bone and black horn. 

Blade length 8" (203mm) overall length 13.25" (337mm)