Sikin Panjang
Sikin Panjang
Acehnese - Gayo - Alas - Batak
Aceh Sultanate - Dutch East Indies (Aceh - North Sumatra, Indonesia)
Late 19th century (ca. 1873 - 1904)
Steel, horn (buffalo)
Blade: 54,6cm
Hilt & Blade: 70,5cm
Hilt, Blade, Sheath: -cm
Collection Date: 2024
Collection Number: 389
A sikin panjang sword from Northern Sumatra used by various groups such as the Acehnese, Gayo, Alas, and Batak. The steel blade is straight, single- edged, with a deep single fuller following the thickened spine for 3/4 of the blade's length. A slight pamor pattern is present. Steel bolster in the form of a crown. Forked buffalo horn hilt with incised grooved texture. A crack is present to the top horn. An undecorated fighting sword in very good condition. Missing sheath. Almost certainly from the Aceh War period of the late 19th century.
Photograph 10: Aceh, 1901. Tropenmuseum.