The sikin panjang, also known as "sikin panyang" or literally "long sikin is the sword of mainly the Aceh region in the northeastern part of the island of Sumatra. Production started to slow down considerably from 1872 as a result of the Dutch disarming of the population, so the majority date from before this time.
Some sikin panjang such as this example come with a golden crown, called glupa at the base of their hilts. Such glupa come with single, double and triple "crowns". Such crowns are found on another typically Acenese weapon, the rencong. We know the Sultan of Aceh had weapons with four crowns, suggesting that the number of crowns denoted rank, the more, the higher. It is said that such weapons with golden crowns were only for the panglima ranks and higher.
Under the Sultan were the local lords or uleebalang who may have worn the multi crowned sikin panjang. During a state of war, such as the war with the Dutch, they appointed temporary military commanders or panglima prang. Upon appointment they received a sikin panjang and rencong (a knife with sharply curved handle), it were perhaps these panglima prang that were issued the single crown examples.
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